China’s Maling enters beef industry
Huge profits and game-changing scale predicted for a Shanghai pork firm seeking to enter the beef industry through a 50% stake in one of New Zealand’s biggest meat processors.
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MEPs’ tough anti-GM stance criticised by industry
The row over glyphosate continues to spill over into decisions relating to genetically modified (GM) crops after environment MEPs called on the European Commission to withdraw its authorisations for the use of a GM maize resistant to the weedkiller.
Italy to bring in mandatory country of origin labelling for dairy
Italy will introduce mandatory country of origin labelling for dairy products and has notified Brussels of its draft decree, the Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced this week.
Eurofins strengthens position in French food testing market
Eurofins Scientific has acquired an analytical service provider supporting the food retail and catering sectors in France.
Celebrity endorsements, flashy marketing works – even for fruits and veggies, FNV campaign shows
Turns out flashy marketing, celebrity endorsements and the support of social influencers is just as effective at selling fruits and vegetables as it is salty snacks, sugary drinks and other packaged foods, as illustrated by the success of the...
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Companies must act now to prepare for new Chinese rules in spite of grace period
The Chinese government has announced the introduction of a one-year grace period for Cross-border Ecommerce (CBEC), which includes imported infant formula and dairy products.
Universitat de València establishes lab HQ in Cairo
The Universitat de València has inaugurated the headquarters of its Nutrition and Food Safety Observatory for the Developing World in Cairo, Egypt.
Argentina president talks to meat firm to boost economic growth
Argentina’s reform-minded president Mauricio Macri met with executives of BRF this week, as the meat processor eyes up a mouth-watering investment in South America’s third-largest economy.
Cargill in Five Star Custom Foods acquisition
Agricultural trader Cargill has made its second big investment in a week after signing an agreement to acquire Texas-based cooked protein specialist Five Star Custom Foods.
Not all Millennials are the same, and other generation-based myths busted by CRA-backed study
Young adults move through several distinctly varied life stages from the ages of 18 to 34 years – high school graduation, moving out on their own, going to college, finding a first job, falling in love and starting a family – and yet most marketers treat...
Coca-Cola acquires AdeS soy-based beverage business
The Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola FEMSA will acquire Unilever’s AdeS soy-based beverage business for $575m.
‘Major surge’ in US and China wheat stocks predicted by FAO
US wheat stocks are set to grow, according to new forecasts from the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO).
China
Sports supps summit aims to bring clarity to byzantine regulations
At a size of US$74m with a growth rate of some 14%, one would imagine that the sports nutrition market in China is growing quite nicely. In fact, it is struggling.
Binge behaviour mechanism ‘switched off’ in brain study
Binge eaters are less motivated to eat a treat after hearing a ‘sugar cue’ when certain brain pathways are suppressed, an animal study has found.
ASA bans Nomad Foods advert for exaggerated portion size
Frozen food manufacturer Nomad Foods Europe has been forced to withdraw a TV advert for misleading consumers over the portion size of a pasta dish after using more than one packet to "bring life to the ingredients" in the advert.
Kazakhstan eyes beef and poultry export boom
Kazakhstan plans to revive its once-strong beef industry to become one of the largest meat exporters in the post-Soviet Union space.
HIA petitions DEA to remove industrial hemp from controlled substance list: ‘It has no potential whatsoever for drug abuse’
The Hemp Industries Association and the Kentucky Hemp Industry Council have filed a petition with the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to remove industrial hemp plants from its list of controlled substances.