Governance
Regulatory updates on food trade and commercial breakthroughs on product safety.
Asia Pacific: Aussie alkaline water for China’s milk powder use
High quality drinking water from Australia is being touted as a perfect companion product to help quench China’s thirst for 'clean and green' infant...
Europe: In pursuit of quality with equipment
The recipe-development and quality-control accuracy offered by Mettler Toledo industrial scales and other product inspection devices is helping one Spanish producer of olive oils,...
Europe: Coordinate to remain competitive, 3M Food Safety says
Food businesses and markets in Europe continued to experience disjointed supply chains and the use of different technologies last year.
As in the past,...
Europe/Asia: Universities, institutions partner on agro-food sector
The University of Porto, five European universities and eight institutions of Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar will partner to strengthen international collaboration and entrepreneurship in...
Europe: Setting international standards for booming food trade
Participation in the development of international food standards for trade is essential if countries are to reap the benefits of booming global trade and...
Americas: Hanovia, Berson merge to form a company
Hanovia Limited and Berson Milieutechniek B.V., both part of Halma plc, have merged to create a new company providing ultraviolet (UV) disinfection systems.
Both...
Asia Pacific: Waters Corp opens research center in Singapore
Waters Corporation has opened the International Food and Water Research Centre (IFWRC) in Singapore to address the growing challenges of food and water security...
Europe: Companies form allulose consortium to enter markets
Cosun Beet Company, Ingredion Incorporated, Matsutani Chemical Industry and Samyang Corporation announce consortium to help bring to the EU and UK markets allulose and...
Europe: TUV SUD set to report €2B in revenue, hires 1,200 staff in 2013
TUV SUD has employed 20,000 staff worldwide at the end of 2013, including 1,200 new hires.
"Since 2005, we have created at least 1,000 new...
Americas: CDC reports findings on antibiotic resistance in foodborne germs
Antibiotic resistance in foodborne germs, an ongoing public health threat, showed both positive and troubling trends, according to data tracked by the Centers for...