More investment and more innovative processed foods are needed to boost New Zealand's food exports, Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce said Tuesday.
Taiwan's Department of Health (DOH) has announced that the initial tests conducted on baby milk formula imported from New Zealand have not shown any traces of potentially hazardous substance dicyandiamide (DCD).
Plum Organics, a US-based organic, kids nutrition company, has acquired Plum UK - a leading organic baby food producer in the UK, a move which marks the company's first international expansion.
Australian packed salad manufacturer and fruit marketer One Harvest has introduced a line of vacuum packed, ready-to-eat, fresh baby beetroot called Love Beets.
In response to a March 2012 GRAS petition from Danone Trading B.V., The Netherlands, FDA issued a “no objection letter" to the use of canola oil in infant formulas in the United States.
Yashili International, a manufacturer of infant milk formula products in China, plans to establish a milk processing facility in New Zealand with an investment of CNY1.1bn ($175m).
Nestlé has refused to comment on reports that it is working with financial advisory group Rothschild to sell more than $1bn of Latin American assets in an effort to win regulatory approval for its acquisition of Pfizer Nutrition.
Stores in Australia are fighting to replenish stocks of infant formula following an unprecedented surge in demand from Chinese customers wary of the safety of products at home.
A new study demonstrated for the first time that InFat Advanced Lipidsm, a high beta-palmitate fat blend, provides beneficial effects for the health and well-being of formula-fed infants.
Premature infants fed formula are more likely to develop necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) - a severe, often fatal intestinal condition – than those who are breast-fed, a US study has found.
