Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific: FSANZ releases recall plan template
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has developed a Food Recall Plan template to help food businesses manage recalls.
CEO Steve McCutcheon said every food...
Asia Pacific: Fonterra opens cheese plant in NZ
Fonterra opens its new slice on slice cheese plant extension at Eltham, New Zealand, which can produce enough cheese to fill more than three...
Asia Pacific: Ingredion’s resistant starch obtains health claim in Australia
Ingredion has obtained a General Level Digestive Health Claim for Hi-Maize resistant starch from Food Standards Australia New Zealand, a statutory agency which is...
Asia Pacific: Linx appoints Indian distributor
Linx Printing Technologies appoints Sahajanand Laser Technology Limited (SLTL) as its distributor in India.
Based in Gandhinagar, Gujarat in western India, SLTL has over 25...
Asia Pacific: Study finds seaweed may help fight food allergies
Scientists have found that a type of commercial red algae could help counteract food allergies.
They report their findings in mice in American Chemical...
Asia Pacific: Fujitsu company to grow, sell kale in Japan
Smart Agriculture Iwata (SAC iWATA) will begin full-fledged sales in Japan of kale that can be eaten fresh and uncooked as the first product...
Asia Pacific: Scientists in Singapore invent material that kills E Coli in 30 seconds
Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) of A*STAR have developed a new material that can kill the E. coli bacteria within...
Asia Pacific: Zebra Technologies release future ready desktop thermal printers
Zebra Technologies Corporation unveiled its new ZD400-series desktop thermal printers at Post Expo Hong Kong 2016.
Designed for retail, transportation and logistics, manufacturing, and healthcare...
Asia Pacific: Authority did not find cause for alarm on using nanotechnology in food
FSANZ has published two reports on the use of nanotechnology in food additives and food packaging.
The reports have reviewed the evidence on nanoscale silicon...
Asia Pacific: More retail channels carry Greek Yogurt
A Technavio report states global Greek yogurt market expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of more than 10% from 2016-2020, as...