16 May 2018
Singapore unveils first standard for food waste reduction
Singapore has launched a new standard to help manufacturers reduce food loss, as well as new technology to improve production inefficiencies. Credit: Taz.
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15 May 2018
Chinese researchers find colistin-resistant genes in commercial chickens
Chinese researchers at the Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan University have isolated colistin-resistant E coli bacteria from a commercial chicken farm in China.
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14 May 2018
China to import more palm oil from South East Asia to offset falling EU demand
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has pledged to buy another 500,000t of Indonesian palm oil during the China-Indonesia Business Summit, in a bid to offset declining demand by EU member states.
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14 May 2018
Brazil to surpass US as world’s top soy producer
Brazil is set to overtake the US as the largest soybean producer worldwide for 2018, the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (Abiove) has revealed.
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11 May 2018
New Zealand Government failing to limit campylobacter in chicken, says public health expert
University of Otago professor of public health Michael Baker has responded to Food Safety New Zealand’s (FSNZ) inaction in reducing the acceptable limit of gastro-causing bacteria in chicken, which he...
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11 May 2018
Defra receives 44,000 responses on future of UK farming
The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has received more than 44,000 comments on the future of food and farming, submitted in response to the government’s ‘Health...
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11 May 2018
Good Food Institute responds to ‘unnecessary’ draft bill on cultured meats
Non-profit organisation the Good Food Institute (GFI), which represents the interests of the plant-based and cell-cultured meat industry, has said it is ‘baffled’ by a particular section of a draft...
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10 May 2018
New Zealand Government declares kiwifruit industry labour shortage
The New Zealand Ministry of Social Development (MSD) has declared a labour shortage in the Bay of Plenty–an important kiwifruit growing region.
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10 May 2018
Meat producers call for government commitment to Scottish beef
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Scotland and the Scottish Association of Meat Wholesales (SAMW) have released a joint appeal to the Scottish Government to commit to the meat industry in...
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9 May 2018
Importing food could be harmful to domestic environment
A recent study has suggested that importing food products can have a significant negative impact on the importing country’s environment.