Food Industry

PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi) would double its research efforts to create new technology and innovations in resolving problems in the fields of agriculture and agrofood, said its director-general Datuk Dr Mohamad Zabawi Abdul Ghani (pix). “Continuous research is important in ensuring that the agriculture sector…

The 2021 study – published in PLOS Medicine – has confirmed the benefits of using colour-coded labels,​​ noting they are instrumental in ‘nudging’ consumers towards choosing more healthful products and could be the underlying psychological mechanism towards cementing this behavioural change. However, the scientists noted that each type of label…

Grown by Puffin Produce in Pembrokeshire, Wales, Root Zero potatoes have achieved carbon neutral certification. According to Puffin Produce, the decision to go climate neutral was prompted by a desire to reduce the negative impacts of agri-food production on climate change. “The food system contributes up to 30% of global…

North America has lost 2.6 million acres of intact grassland in a single year – an area larger than Yellowstone National Park. Land has been cleared primarily to make way for wheat, corn and soy production, a new report from WWF reveals. Globally the problem is more significant still. Worldwide…

Opinion By Robert E. Brackett The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI), together with the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA); FMI – The Food Industry Association (FMI); Produce Marketing Association (PMA); and National Fisheries Institute (NFI) recently hosted a Food Safety Forum aimed at critically looking at the current regulatory policies for…

The Thai Ministry of Industry (MOI) reported earlier this month that the local food industry had performed impressively in the first seven months of 2021 (January to July) despite continued COVID-19 challenges, particularly in the food exports and food manufacturing sectors. “Thailand’s food industry has now returned to a state…

JOHOR BAHRU: The Malaysian Pineapple Industry Board (LPNM) is aiming to increase the average income of pineapple growers in the country to between RM5,000 and RM8,000 per month under the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP). Its chairman Datuk Dr Sahruddin Jamal said the board was confident that the target could be…

“The events from this year and last have shown how fragile our global food system really is,” ​said Fotis Fotiadis, CEO and co-founder of Better Origin, the UK-based insect mini-farm. Detailing the current food security outlook in Europe, Fotiadis relayed: “​While we are still trying to digest how the pandemic…

As far back as 2007, the largest European food companies committed themselves to an ‘EU Pledge’ in which they promised to change the way they targeted children in advertisements. They pledged only to advertise foodstuffs to children under the age of 12 if the products fulfilled specific nutritional criteria. More…

The UN Food Systems Summit, the first of its kind, has an ambitious agenda. It aims to ‘change the trajectory of global progress, uniting everyone in a shared commitment to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals and the fundamental human rights at their core’, said Agnes Kalibata, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy…