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Japanese food giant Ajinomoto to create awarness about safe consumption of MSG product in India

Japanese food giant Ajinomoto to create awarness about safe consumption of MSG product in India

Japanese food giant Ajinomoto to create awarness about safe consumption of MSG product in India The Indian subsidiary of Japan-headquartered […]

Food Industry News

Indonesia pitches Tempeh for Unesco intangible cultural heritage status

Indonesia pitches Tempeh for Unesco intangible cultural heritage status

Tempeh will be proposed as a Unesco intangible cultural heritage in 2021. Mr Made Astawan, head of the Indonesian Tempeh […]

Technical Solutions

5,000 free meals made from ‘ugly food’ to raise awareness about food waste

5,000 free meals made from ‘ugly food’ to raise awareness about food waste

SINGAPORE, March 26 — About 1,500kg of blemished or unused vegetables that would otherwise have been discarded were used to […]

Food Industry News

Cold Storage, Giant and Hero stores axed in Southeast Asia on back of poor results

Cold Storage, Giant and Hero stores axed in Southeast Asia on back of poor results

Pan-Asian retailer Dairy Farm International – the owner of stores such as Cold Storage, Giant and 7-Eleven – has closed […]

Food Industry News

Malaysian food delivery startup dahmakan acquires Thai competitor

Malaysian food delivery startup dahmakan acquires Thai competitor

Malaysian food-delivery startup Dahmakan, which raised US$2.6 million early this year, has acquired Bangkok-based competitor Polpa for an undisclosed amount. […]

Health & Nutrition

China’s state television combats fictional dangerous food combinations

China’s state television combats fictional dangerous food combinations

China’s state television broadcasters have taken a strong stance against the widely-practiced Chinese belief that combining certain foods when cooking […]

Food Regulatory

Malaysia helps Philippines grow halal industry: official

Malaysia helps Philippines grow halal industry: official

MANILA – Malaysia said it was helping the Philippines develop its halal market, as it called on increased cooperation among […]

Food Industry News

Malaysia’s halal exports hit RM43.4b in 2017

Malaysia’s halal exports hit RM43.4b in 2017

KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 ― The Malaysian halal sector’s exports last year rose RM1.2 billion to reach a total of […]

Food Regulatory

North Korean Beer Banned For Export, Sold as ‘Fake’ in China

North Korean Beer Banned For Export, Sold as ‘Fake’ in China

A popular North Korean beer banned under international sanctions for export outside the country is now being bottled in China […]

Health & Nutrition

Your Bottled Drinking Water May Contain Plastic Particles

Your Bottled Drinking Water May Contain Plastic Particles

Tests on major brands of bottled water have found that nearly all of them contained tiny particles of plastic. In […]

Food Regulatory

India’s food safety authority proposes traffic light labelling for foods sold at schools

India’s food safety authority proposes traffic light labelling for foods sold at schools

The Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) wants to introduce a traffic light labelling scheme for foods sold in […]