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Jingdong 618 Buy The Destruction of Imported Milk Powder Parent Claims 160 Thousand
Dec 16, 2016After years of fighting, domestic milk still did not restore the situation in the local market, many parents still choose the expensive imported milk powder. But online shopping of imported milk powder is not necessarily reassuring, ...
Tags: domestic milk, milk powder, online shopping
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MGP Files Petition with US FDA to Know Status of Wheat Starches
Nov 16, 2016MGP has filed a citizen petition with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asking the agency to further confirm the status of the company’s patented wheat starches as dietary fiber. A list of dietary fibers is currently being ...
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Errington Cheese Drops Petition Against Scottish Watchdog's Sales Ban
Nov 14, 2016Errington Cheese has dropped its petition against a ban of all its products by Food Standards Scotland (FSS) following a fatal E.coli outbreak. The company’s cheese products were withdrawn in mid September following investigations ...
Tags: Errington, cheese products
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TWU Celebrates
Oct 12, 2016Truck drivers are celebrating a major win over industry lobby group NatRoad in its bid to pay them less by seeking an exemption from rules in NSW setting minimum pay rates. The rules have been in place for over 30 years, bringing ...
Tags: TWU, NSW, celebration
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US FDA to Revise Regulations on Use of Healthy on Food Labels
May 13, 2016The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is working on revising the regulations related to the use of terms such as ‘healthy’ on food labels by manufacturers. The FDA has completed collecting inputs on how it should define ...
Tags: Food Labels, FDA
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Commercial Vehicle Group Unveils Manufacturing Consolidation
May 5, 2016Commercial Vehicle Group announced, that due to pending negotiations with the hourly employees' union representative, it has decided to consolidate its North American seat production into two North American facilities and stop seat ...
Tags: Commercial Vehicle, Aftermarket
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US Agriculture Committee Approves National Labeling Bill For Bioengineered Foods
Mar 8, 2016The US Senate Agricultural Committee has passed a bill which paves the way for a single national labeling law for food made with genetically engineered ingredients, while doing away with state by state labeling. With this bill, which ...
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Indian Food Regulator Fssai Seeks Ban on Nestle Maggi Noodles Again
Dec 15, 2015A month after its return to the Indian market, Nestle Maggi Noodles is again faced with a fresh controversy, with the food regulator seeking a ban on the product. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) approached the ...
Tags: Nestle, Maggi Noodles
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Clondalkin Welcomes Foodwatch's Initiative to Limit Migration of Harmful Mineral Oils to Food
Nov 26, 2015Clondalkin Flexible Packaging has backed an online petition by non-profit organization FoodWatch to take necessary steps to limit the migration of mineral oils into food products. The petition, which was launched last month in Europe, ...
Tags: Clondalkin, Flexible Packaging, barrier film
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Ministry of Commerce to Make Final Review on Anti-Dumping Measures against Imported Purified Terephthalic Acid from ROK and Thailand
Oct 16, 2015The Chinese Ministry of Commerce released its Announcement No. 24 on August 10, 2015, , and decided to start the final review on anti-dumping measures against imported purified terephthalic acid from ROK and Thailand from the date of the ...
Tags: anti-dumping, acid, terephthalic acid
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Quirky Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection, to Sell Smart Home Platform
Oct 14, 2015Quirky (“Quirky”) and its affiliates (together, the “Company”) announced today that it filed a voluntarily petition under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern ...
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India Imposes Anti-Dumping Duty on Chinese Linen Fabric
Aug 18, 2015The Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India has imposed anti-dumping duty on imports of flax or linen fabric having flax content of more than 50 per cent, originating in or exported from China and Hong Kong. ...
Tags: Linen Fabric, Anti-dumping duty
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Indian Court Revokes Ban on Maggi Noodles, Orders Retests
Aug 14, 2015The Bombay High Court in India has revoked the ban on Nestle's Maggi noodles and ordered regulators to undertake fresh tests on the product. This comes a day after the Indian government sued the company to pay $100m in settlment for its ...
Tags: Nestle, Maggi noodles, noodles
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Russia Starts Incineration of Banned Western Food Products
Aug 10, 2015Russia has started the process of destroying banned Western food products on the border days before the presidential decree ordering the same comes into force. Signed on 29 July, the decree enters into force today and orders the ...
Tags: cheese, meat, vegetables
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DOC Issued a Preliminary All-China Rate of 363.31%
Jul 9, 2015On June 18, the DOC issued a preliminary All-China rate of 363.31%, which would apply to all Chinese manufacturers that do not qualify for a lower separate duty rate. This rate would apply to shipments made from April 1, 2014 through Sept. ...
Tags: DOC, melamine products
