Pollution scandal engulfs China’s meat industry
A pig farm has sparked anger in China because it was built on a giant toxic dump in Jiangsu province on the country’s affluent east coast.
Archives for June 29, 2016
Can expansion capacity buoy up Agthia feed business?
UAE food and beverage group, Agthia, has signed a deal with Abu Dhabi Ports to expand its flour and feed facilities as the feed side currently faces challenging market conditions.
Marine & plant-based omega-3s may lower risk of heart attack deaths
Eating both seafood and plant-based omega-3s could mean a lower risk of dying from heart attack, a meta-analysis has found. Previously, evidence surrounding plant-based omega-3 benefits for the heart has been limited.
Asian condiments: Pepper, coriander, chilli prices up; ginger dropping
Pepper prices have declined year on year, supported by ample production volumes seen in Vietnam for the 2016 crop, with early production estimates at 160,000 tonnes, sharply up on the year.
Australia
Prawn sperm secrets could free aquaculture from brood stock reliance
Discovering the secrets of how one of the world’s most popular prawn species produces sperm and transfers it to create the next generation could help free aquaculture from reliance on brood stock from the wild.
India
Potassium bromate banned following bakery investigation
The long-running potassium bromate in bread affair seems to have reached a conclusion, after India’s food regulator banned the chemical—a common bakery additive.