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Asia Pacific: Better rice farming practices with new standard, Mars Foods tells FNI

Mars Food, in partnership with the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) announced the first global standard for sustainable rice at the 5th Annual Plenary Meeting...

Americas: US’ Open Mike beer cans use Crown’s 360 End Technology

Mike Hess Brewing (MHB) introduces its Open Mike beer can, featuring Crown Holdings’s patented 360 End technology. A simple pull tab removes the entire...

World: Global aseptic packaging to grow 24% by 2020, finds report

The world market for aseptically packed products amounted to over 140 billion liters in 330 billion packs during 2014, according to the new Global...

Asia: Chinese Taipei donates $80,000 to food safety, animal and plant health standards

Chinese Taipei has donated $80,000 to the Swiss-based Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) in 2013 to help developing countries establish and implement sanitary...

Asia Pacific: Singapore holds conference on food safety

More than 70 countries, private companies, international organizations, trade associations, academic institutions, and non-governmental groups met in Singapore on December 11, 2013, for the...

Asia Pacific: DSM inaugurates new Fortitech Premixes plant in Vadodara, India

Royal DSM has inaugurated its Fortitech Premixes plant in Vadodara, Gujarat. The plant is spread across 10,000 sqm and will be one-stop source for food,...

Asia Pacific: Biothera gains approval for immune booster, names distributor in South Korea

Biothera has selected Naturalendo Tech as its exclusive distribution partner in South Korea, following Naturalendo’s successful effort to secure regulatory approval for Wellmune. Wellmune WGP...

Asia Pacific: Halal products containing pork DNA can be prevented, says US Islamic food...

On May 27, 2014, the news that two Cadbury products sold in Malaysia contained pork deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) spread quickly through the halal food...

Asia Pacific: More consumers favor products featuring indulgence, health, Taura Natural Ingredients tells FNI

Taura Natural Ingredients has on July 30, 2014, introduced Mini’s, which the company says they are possibly the world’s smallest real fruit pieces that...

Asia Pacific: tna launches machine that automatically splices film

tna has launched tna robag Auto-splice system that automatically splices film and reduces the need for manual intervention. The new Auto-splice system overcomes the challenges...