Food Industry

TANAH MERAH: There is sufficient food supply in areas under the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) and there is no need for panic buying following misleading information. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry ll Datuk Che Abdullah Mat Nawi said the government, especially his ministry, had no problem in…

In part three of this four-part series with SafetyChain Software, Food Safety News outlines critical steps companies should take to prepare for a remote audit.  As new technologies and work methods make their way into the food industry, companies have the option to step away from traditional in-person auditing processes…

Boston, MA  (RestaurantNews.com)  Samherji, a leader in the European seafood industry, has entered into an agreement to acquire a 50% stake in Boston-based Aquanor Marketing, Inc., a premier importer, distributor and marketer of the finest quality fresh seafood. Aquanor has been one of Samherji Group’s leading customers for more than a…

Loading... The Spanish eat out the most, it seems, enjoying an average 4.3 meals per week outside the home. — Picture from knape/IStock.com via AFP-RelaxnewsPARIS, Oct 21 — People in Spain eat out an average of 4.3 times a week according to data published by catering industry specialists Gira, coinciding…

This will be the four industry giants’ main topic of dicsussion at our Growth Asia 2020 interactive broadcast session on Plant-Based Innovation​ next week and across the board, representatives from all four firms unanimously agree that the plant-based trend in Asia is going to be a lasting lifestyle change for…

This will be the four industry giants’ main topic of dicsussion at our Growth Asia 2020 interactive broadcast session on Plant-Based Innovation​ next week and across the board, representatives from all four firms unanimously agree that the plant-based trend in Asia is going to be a lasting lifestyle change for…

As Europe continues to discuss the long-awaited harmonisation of front-of-pack nutrition labelling, BLC is offering reformulations of food products to help food companies improve their performance on FOP labels like the French Nutri-Score and Italian NutrInform. Targeting players in dairy, bakery, culinary and confectionery, BLC hopes its expertise into facilitating…

Food companies have managed only a 3% reduction in sugar from products, according to a report from Public Health England (PHE) covering progress from 2015 to 2019.PHE oversees the voluntary sugar reduction plan and wider reformulation programme on behalf of the government. PHE will itself be scrapped in April next…

Opinion By Kari Hensien  This year has brought nothing but huge changes for the world, especially for the food industry. Shutdowns, new operational models, and re-openings at this scale are new territory for us all. Even the definition of food safety culture has changed from “what you’re doing when no…

Opinion The CDC states that the death-dealing virus that causes COVID-19 spreads predominantly from person to person (P>P). A deeper dive into assessing this transmission route — and its presence in the food industry — may help sharpen intervention tactics. This assessment starts with a look at an infected person’s…