Disease control and prevention workers collect samples from frozen products in Tianjin's Nankai district on Nov 9, 2020. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) Given that every new chain of domestic infections can be traced to the novel coronavirus being imported, it has become extremely important that greater efforts are made to cut the transmission channels […]
DUBAI, UAE, Nov 7, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Tracer Tech, headquartered in Sharjah Research Technology and Innovation Park (SRTIP), UAE, is set to launch its new food safety and traceability application, powered by leading asset management provider Verofax. Tracer’s food safety solution enables CPGs (consumer packaged goods) and retailers to engage with […]
DUBAI, UAE, Nov 5, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Tracer Tech, headquartered in Sharjah Research Technology and Innovation Park (SRTIP), UAE, is set to launch its new food safety and traceability application, powered by leading asset management provider Verofax. Tracer’s food safety solution enables CPGs (consumer packaged goods) and retailers to engage with […]
HONG KONG, Nov 4, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (“Apex-Brasil”) has become one of the important cooperation units in China’s largest cross-industry trade exhibition-the China International Import Expo (“CIIE”) for the fourth consecutive years. The Expo will be held in Shanghai from 5 – 10 November […]
Editor's note: The ongoing UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, United Kingdom, could prompt countries to make concerted efforts to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. How will the countries ramp up renewable energy generation and strengthen the natural systems to tackle climate change? Five experts share their views on the issue with China […]
BANGKOK, Oct 30, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Dusit International, one of Thailand’s leading hotel and property development companies, is set to expand its hospitality education business in the kingdom with ‘The Food School’, a unique joint venture offering experiential training in Italian, Japanese and Thai cuisines, plus exclusive business incubation services for […]
BANGKOK, Oct 28, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Dusit International, one of Thailand’s leading hotel and property development companies, is set to expand its hospitality education business in the kingdom with a unique joint venture offering experiential training in Italian, Japanese, and Thai cuisines – plus exclusive incubation services for food and beverage […]
Children play in a camp for internally displaced people in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sept 13, 2021. (FELIPE DANA / AP) DUBAI – Millions of Afghans, including children, could die of starvation unless urgent action is taken to pull Afghanistan back from the brink of collapse, a senior United Nations official warned, calling for frozen funds to […]
(LI MIN / CHINA DAILY) It might not be easy to achieve zero hunger, which is one of the goals of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as per the schedule. According to the World Food Programme, another 83 million to 132 million people could be pushed into hunger because of COVID-19. Nevertheless, […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Malaysians will soon be able to order healthier breads and food products from Starbucks Malaysia, Kenny Rogers and 7-Eleven stores under a collaboration between Berjaya Corporation Bhd (“Berjaya”) and homegrown natural foods specialist Holista Colltech Ltd. (“Holista”). Australian Securities Exchange-listed Holista, headquartered in Petaling […]
This picture taken on July 14, 2021 shows people waiting to fill up empty oxygen canisters outside a factory in Yangon, amid a surge in the number of COVID-19 coronavirus cases. (YE AUNG THU / AFP) Myanmar’s COVID-19 outbreak has pushed more people into poverty, and the most vulnerable sections of the society may face […]
Storage tanks for treated radioactive water at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, as seen on Tuesday. (KYODO NEWS VIA AP) Despite lingering concerns over food quality, Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said on Wednesday that the United States had lifted all restrictions on food imports from […]
An agricultural drone sprays pesticides on a grain field in a village of Chouzhou, Sichuan province. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) Food systems－the "ensemble" of all dimensions and processes related to food: production, harvesting, processing, transportation and consumption－are facing enormous challenges today. An estimated 700-800 million people faced hunger in 2020, and about 3 billion […]
In this undated file photo, a shopper buys vegetables at a supermarket in Handan, Hebei province. (HAO QUNYING / FOR CHINA DAILY) It will take more than US$1.5 trillion of investment to keep up with Asia’s burgeoning food demand by the start of next decade as consumers buy more and increase spending on premium products. […]
A vendor pushes his handcart loaded with brooms as a girl watches in Kabul on Sepr 13, 2021. (BULENT KILIC / AFP) GENEVA/NEW YORK – Donors have pledged more than US$1.1 billion to help Afghanistan, where poverty and hunger have worsened and foreign aid has dried up, raising the spectre of a mass exodus. UN […]
A policeman stands guard as Sri Lankan officials seize sugar stocks in a warehouse as part of a crackdown on hoarding in Wattala, outside Colombo on Sept 1, 2021. (SHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP) COLOMBO – The Sri Lankan government denied Western media reports that the Asian country was facing a food shortage or had […]
People walk past the Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque in Kabul on Aug 18 following the Taliban's rapid takeover of Afghanistan. (HOSHANG HASHIMI / AFP) The withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan does not mean that the country will be back on the road to peace, stability and development, or that it will offer business opportunities for […]
HONG KONG, Aug 16, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The HKTDC Food Expo, HKTDC Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair (Special Edition), HKTDC Hong Kong International Tea Fair, HKTDC Home Delights Expo and HKTDC Beauty & Wellness Expo, organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), as well as the International […]
South Korean athletes and staff members pose for a photo during a ceremony to send the South Korean delegation to the Tokyo Olympics, in Seoul, South Korea, on July 8, 2021. (JUNG YEON-JE / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) TOKYO – South Korea's Olympic team will cook food for its athletes separately and screen ingredients for […]
This undated photo shows a closed ration shop in Sangam Vihar in New Delhi, India. (PRASHANTH VISHWANATHAN / BLOOMBERG) Chanchal Devi’s three children haven’t tasted milk for almost a year. The staple was among items the 35-year-old and her husband could no longer afford after they both first lost work when India’s capital New Delhi […]