Taiwan’s FDA will soon launch a comprehensive inspection of beverage chains to address consumers’ concerns about the presence of pesticide residues in their drinks. (Image source: A Girl with Tea/Flickr)
Taiwanese government has launched a cloud-based traceability system for domestic tea, which will allow consumers to trace the source and production of tea, the council of agriculture (COA) said
CP Foods offers livestock products including chicken broilers, chicken layers, ducks and swine. (Image source: USDA/Flickr)
Thailand’s meat and animal feed producer Charoen Pokphand Foods (CP Foods) is set to invest US$763mn in 2015 for overseas expansions and acquisitions
In 2009, Institut Pasteur du Cambodge had conducted tests on raw chicken meat available in Phnom Penh’s chicken market and found that 46 per cent of the samples showed traces of salmonella. (Image source: streetwrk.com/Flickr)
The Cambodian government will introduce a food safety law in 2015 that will see the country adopt a set of standards and ensure greater coordination across ministries, according to a health official
Zimbabwe is one of the largest recipients of Chinese aid in Africa. (Image source: Vadakkan/Wikimedia Commons)
China has donated 5,400 metric tonnes of rice worth more than US$8mn to Zimbabwe to help alleviate food shortages in the African country
According to experts, higher output will add pressure on local prices, which is at the lowest level for four and a half years. (Image source: Maria Kaloudi/sxc.hu)
India’s sugar production has recorded an increase in the output to 19.4mn tonnes in February 2015 from 455 sugar mills, compared to 17.04mn tonnes produced until the same period last year
