Food & drink industry
- Asia Pacific, Business, Food, Food & drink industry, Food safety, Indonesia, Life and style, Retail industry, Seafood, US news, Walmart, World news
‘Radioactive’ shrimp crisis: Indonesia grapples with contaminated industrial zone
Authorities investigate site after shrimp exported to the US found to contain the hazardous isotope Caesium-13…
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How Pakistan fell in love with sushi
Once upon a time, Pakistanis scorned raw fish. Now sushi is everywhere from Ramadan meals to wedding buffets –…
- Asia Pacific, Colonialism, Conservation, Deforestation, Environment, Food & drink industry, Human rights, Indonesia, Mondelēz, Nestlé, Palm oil, Procter & Gamble, West Papua, World news
West Papuan Indigenous people call for KitKat boycott over alleged ecocide
Thousands of acres of rainforest is being cleared to produce palm oil, used in popular Nestlé and Mondelēz bra…
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Sushi restaurateurs fork out $1.3m for motorbike-sized tuna at auction in Tokyo
Onodera Group paid second highest price ever at prestigious annual new year auction at Tokyo’s main fish marke…
- Asia Pacific, Business, Culture, Food & drink industry, Heritage, Japan, Unesco, United Nations, World news
Sake: Japan’s ‘divine gift’ given special status by Unesco
Rice wine enshrined as part of ‘cultural heritage of humanity’ Sake is perhaps more Japanese than the world-fa…
- Asia Pacific, Automotive industry, Business, China, Europe, European Union, Food & drink industry, World news
China puts tariffs on EU brandy in escalating trade row with Brussels
Beijing also considering duties on European petrol cars after EU imposed extra levies on Chinese electric vehi…
- Asia Pacific, Business, China, Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars, Europe, European Union, Food & drink industry, France, World news
China to hold hearing into brandy imports as tension grows with EU over tariffs on EVs
Ministry will discuss investigation into claims that European producers are selling goods below market ratesBu…
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Japan’s salarymen opt for ultra-cheap lunches as food prices continue to rise
Higher costs as a result of Ukraine war, supply chain issues and effects of Covid force lunching office worker…
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Frustrated Indian food delivery driver heads out on horse after fuel queues
Zomato rider resorts to horsepower in Hyderabad after truckers’ strike causes fuel shortage and traffic jamsAn…
- Amazon, Business, E-commerce, Europe, Food & drink industry, Human rights, Human trafficking, Law, McDonald's, Middle East and North Africa, Migration, Nepal, South and Central Asia, US news, Workers' rights, World news
McDonald’s and Amazon’s ties to alleged labor trafficking: five key takeaways
Foreign workers at the Middle East locations of US and UK brands allege low pay, harsh conditions and a legal …
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Final straw? Choc-mint drink becomes symbol of political betrayal in Thailand
Cafes refuse to sell Pheu Thai party candidate’s favourite beverage amid fears of plot to ice-out coalition pa…
- Business, Food, Food & drink industry, India, Inflation, International trade, Rice, South and Central Asia, World news
India’s ban on rice exports raises fear of global food price rises
Attempt to curb domestic inflation behind country’s decision on non-basmati white riceIndia has banned non-bas…
- Children, Food, Food & drink industry, Global development, India, Nutrition and development, South and Central Asia, Sugar, World news
How food companies ‘sweetened the world’ – and increased the risk of disease
The hard sell of ultra-processed foods in developing countries as being ‘good for you’ gives children a taste …
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‘Patriotic’ Indian brand Campa Cola to relaunch in challenge to Coke and Pepsi
Owned by India’s richest man, brand had its heyday half a century ago and aims to appeal as homegrown productM…
- Business, Farming, Food & drink industry, Immigration and asylum, Nepal, South and Central Asia, UK news
Seasonal fruit pickers left thousands in debt after being sent home early from UK farms
Nepali workers who quit jobs and borrowed cash to come to UK are out of work just weeks after arrivingNepali w…