カテゴリー: Food & drink industry
Authorities investigate site after shrimp exported to the US found to contain the hazardous isotope Caesium-137A large industrial zone on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, is grappling with radioactive contamination after a government taskforce foun…
Once upon a time, Pakistanis scorned raw fish. Now sushi is everywhere from Ramadan meals to wedding buffets – and it all started with one man and a dreamWhen the 17-storey Avari Towers opened in Karachi in April 1985, it was the tallest hotel in the c…
Thousands of acres of rainforest is being cleared to produce palm oil, used in popular Nestlé and Mondelēz brandsWest Papua’s Indigenous people have called for a boycott of KitKat, Smarties and Aero chocolate, Oreo biscuits and Ritz crackers, and the c…
Onodera Group paid second highest price ever at prestigious annual new year auction at Tokyo’s main fish marketThe top bidder at a Tokyo fish market has paid $1.3m for a tuna, the second highest price ever paid at an annual prestigious new year auction…
Rice wine enshrined as part of ‘cultural heritage of humanity’ Sake is perhaps more Japanese than the world-famous sushi. It’s brewed in centuries-old mountaintop warehouses, savoured in the country’s pub-like izakayas, poured during weddings and serve…
Beijing also considering duties on European petrol cars after EU imposed extra levies on Chinese electric vehiclesChina has imposed tariffs on EU brandy imports in an escalating tit-for-tat trade row with Brussels over extra levies on Chinese-made elec…
Ministry will discuss investigation into claims that European producers are selling goods below market ratesBusiness live – latest updatesChina has ramped up its anti-dumping investigation into European brandy imports in what appears to be a retaliator…
Higher costs as a result of Ukraine war, supply chain issues and effects of Covid force lunching office workers to tighten beltsEven in a city of tens of thousands of restaurants, including a large number with Michelin stars, is it really possible in T…
Zomato rider resorts to horsepower in Hyderabad after truckers’ strike causes fuel shortage and traffic jamsAn Indian food delivery driver frustrated by long queues for petrol has resorted to horsepower to make his deliveries.A video clip shows the man…
Foreign workers at the Middle East locations of US and UK brands allege low pay, harsh conditions and a legal limbo with few protectionsRevealed: Amazon linked to trafficking of workers in Saudi ArabiaMcDonald’s and Chuck E Cheese tied to alleged forei…
Cafes refuse to sell Pheu Thai party candidate’s favourite beverage amid fears of plot to ice-out coalition partnersFor some in Thailand, the thought of a chocolate-mint ice drink suddenly leaves a bad taste.Several cafes have suspended their sales. On…
Attempt to curb domestic inflation behind country’s decision on non-basmati white riceIndia has banned non-basmati white rice exports to curb domestic inflation, raising fears of further increases in global food prices just days after wheat and corn pr…
The hard sell of ultra-processed foods in developing countries as being ‘good for you’ gives children a taste for sugar and salt that could have lasting effects on their healthThe bright red bottle of Sting, an energy drink, catches Sunita Devi’s eye w…
Owned by India’s richest man, brand had its heyday half a century ago and aims to appeal as homegrown productMore than half a century after it was launched, a brand of cola that Indians drank copiously in the 1970s and 1980s in the absence of Coca-Cola…
Nepali workers who quit jobs and borrowed cash to come to UK are out of work just weeks after arrivingNepali workers hired to pick fruit on British farms say they have been left thousands of pounds in debt after being sent home only weeks after they ar…