Food Industry

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…

© Reuters. A general view of the CF industries plant in Billingham, Britain September 20, 2021. REUTERS/Lee Smith By Guy Faulconbridge, Kate Holton and James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Britain warned its food producers on Wednesday to prepare for a 400% rise in carbon dioxide prices after extending emergency state…

Turkish chef ANIL UZUN will be talking about the latest trends in the food industry on his Youtube Channel on September 28, Tuesday at 07.00 CET. We have seen a drastic change in the last couple of years in the food and beverage sector. The change is towards health, causing…

food safety education month Opinion By Tom Neltner, Environmental Defense Fund Chemicals Policy Director The latest annual food industry survey demonstrates that U.S. consumers continue to have significant concerns about chemicals in food. Specifically, the survey from the International Food Information Council (IFIC) found: 29 percent of consumers rated chemicals…

Features Janelle De Souza Sunday 19 September 2021 Vitamin rich tomatoes are checked out by Franka Philip who brings the experience of a good talk after a meal to her radio show, Around My Table. - PHOTO BY AYANNA KINSALE Trini Good Media’s latest contribution to Trinidad and Tobago’s broadcast…