Production of rice in the world’s second-largest exporter Thailand is expected to rise by 12% year on year following a drop in output in the last two years due to successive droughts, according to the U.S. Food and Department of Agriculture. Thai Weather Agency has predicted a 20% increase in precipitation during the start of the […]
Favourable weather and surging prices of palm oil are projected to drive world’s top producer Indonesia’s output and exports this year to a record 45.5 million tons during this marketing year, according to the US Food and Department of Agriculture (USFDA). “As the economy rebounds and social distancing and travel restrictions are eased, soybean and soybean meal […]
The Maharashtra State Cooperative Sugar Factories Federation (MSCSFF) is seeking permission from the state government to complete the crushing season of 2019-20, which has reached the last stages, in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown declared by the Centre, top officials of the federation said to the Financial Express. Some 26 factories […]
Barely a month after bringing shrimp under the purview of the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cracked down on Indian shrimp shipments for use of banned antibiotics. The US is the largest market for Indian shrimp exporters and accounts for about 32 per cent of total seafood exports from […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalised a new food safety rule under the landmark, bipartisan FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) that will help to prevent wide-scale public health harm by requiring companies in the United States and abroad to take steps to prevent intentional adulteration of the food supply. While such acts are […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced changes to nutrition facts labels, stating that the step would ensure consumers have updated nutritional information for most packaged foods sold in the United States. The upgraded lanel will come into use from late July. “For more than 20 years, Americans have relied on the Nutrition Facts […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released new safety standards for imported food and farm produce as part of it efforts to curb food borne diseases and making importers more accountable for verifying food brought into the country meets the safety requirements. The FDA, which announced the Foreign Supplier Verification Program last week, […]
