News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Food & Hotel Asia (FHA) in Singapore (7-11 April) attracted a record 3,200 exhibitors and 45,000 visitors. The show demonstrated the economic buoyancy and the increasing demand for meat in Singapore itself and south-east Asia.
UAE retailer Lulu Group is planning to expand eastward with a US$200m investment to open Halal-only hypermarkets in Malaysia, with other south-east Asian markets to follow.
Saudi Arabia has banned the import of Indian green chilies because of high pesticide levels, Indian officials have confirmed.
Saudi Arabia is threatening to impose trade sanctions on the Netherlands following anti-Islamic and anti-Saudi statements from a far-right Dutch politician.
Veetee Foods has been prosecuted for a second time in two months for worker safety related failings.
Russia’s largest meat and fodder producer Cherkizovo Group has revealed an increase in revenue of 13% in local currency the rouble (RUB), for the first quarter ending 31 March 2014.
The European Commission has brought in stricter import requirements for South African citrus fruit to protect European crops from citrus black spot.
Saudi Arabia is building two new grain silos worth US$79m along with a US$53m flour mill in its eastern Al-Ahsa province, the country's grain authority has announced.
Calls for the UK and other countries around the world to place tobacco style health warnings on sugary drinks are growing, warns Professor Simon Capewell.
Experts at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have called on increased monitoring and investigation of livestock to stem the spread of MERS across the Middle East.
Almost 30% of the global population are either obese or overweight, according to new trend data from 188 countries.
Rising incomes in developing countries puts an 84% drop in global malnutrition by 2050 in sight – but it won’t happen unless agricultural productivity continues to increase and climate change is factored in, say researchers.
Tate & Lyle has reported a fall in profits as a result of an increasingly competitive sweetener market and a decline in beverage sales.