Insight
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Americas: Some foodborne infections decreased in 2014, says CDC
In 2014, rates of infection from a serious form of E. coli and one of the more common Salmonella serotypes decreased compared with the...
Asia Pacific: China’s cold chain logistics sector grows with demand, standards
Since Cold Chain Logistics Development Plan of Agricultural Products was introduced in 2010, China's cold chain logistics industry has entered a rapid development stage,...
Asia Pacific: Farmed small fish reduce Bangladesh vitamin A deficiency
A study finds that farming small fish in Bangladesh could save as many as 3000 lives over an 11-year period.
The study focuses on the...
Asia Pacific: Set high food safety standards, says PwC partner
Vitargent (International) Biotechnology Limited (Vitargent) has become a strategic partner with PwC China and Hong Kong (PwC) to accelerate product safety testing technologies in...
Asia Pacific: HPP in processing, preserving food, EU Automation
At the Marianna Trench, the deepest point in the Pacific Ocean, pressure reaches more than 16,000 psi.
Astonishingly, pressure generated during Pascalization, or high pressure...
Americas: Research finds delaying grape ripening can improve quality for winemaking
Wine grapes are particularly finicky when it comes to their environment.
For instance, heatwaves and droughts lead to earlier berry ripening and lackluster wine....
Americas: Team wins competition for cold boxes for rental
A team of MIT and Harvard University students won the first-ever MIT Food and Agribusiness Innovation Prize for smart, modular, refrigerated shipping boxes that...
Europe: Study finds breastfeeding promotes the growth of beneficial bacteria in baby’s gut
The nutritional factor that has the greatest impact on the development of a child's gut flora is whether the child is breastfed, according to...
Asia Pacific: Health, rising income, children drive nutraceuticals demand, says Frost & Sullivan
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food,” said Hippocrates, the father of medicine.
Two and a half millennia on, the global nutraceutical...
Asia Pacific: Singapore F&B companies to show how they reduce food waste, finds survey
Majority of consumers are concerned about food waste generated by food and beverage (F&B) companies and would encourage and support the companies to reduce...