Blogs Posts in Food category; 32 blog posts

Asians celebrate food festival in London

London's biggest Asian cultural festival kicks off in Brentford. Gunnersbury Park once again play host to the seventh London Mela, one of Europe's largest outdoor Asian festivals. Last year the festival attracted over 70,000 people and org [...]

Posted On : Aug, 17 2009 | Comments : 0

PFA, PFMA sign accord to promote food industry

The Pakistan Food Association (PFA) and Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote local food industry Monday. President PFA, Rafiq Rangoonwala said the objective of PFA was to provide one [...]

Posted On : Jun, 23 2009 | Comments : 0

Walker's World: New food crisis looms

We tend to forget that the worldwide plunge into recession last year was the result of three separate phenomena that combined to breed disaster. The financial crisis was joined by a food crisis and a fuel crisis as the prices of food and en [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2009 | Comments : 0

Major Challenges Remain for Global Food Security

While much of the publicity surrounding the global recession has focused on people losing their jobs or retirement savings, the nightmare is even more immediate for hundreds of millions of others who live at the edge of survival. They go t [...]

Posted On : Mar, 07 2009 | Comments : 0

Korean Food, Infinite Possibilities

Minister of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries People often ask me why ``hansik,'' or Korean food, is so important. I reply, ``Because it is the face of our country.''There are many things that represent Korea. Along with hanbok (tra [...]

Posted On : Mar, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

DUBAI AIRSHOW DONATES EXHIBITION SPACE TO UNS WORLD FOOD PRO...

Organisers of Dubai Airshow 2009 - the Middle East’s foremost aerospace event and the third largest in the world - have re-affirmed their commitment to the United Nation’s humanitarian relief World Food Programme (UNWFP) by more [...]

Posted On : Feb, 12 2009 | Comments : 0

Tainted US peanut paste foods banned

China has banned food imports from 11 United States-based companies whose products have been tainted with peanut butter or paste that contain salmonella bacteria, China's quality regulator has said.The 11 food manufacturers listed by the Ge [...]

Posted On : Feb, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

Junk food ad rules 'not working'

Adverts for unhealthy foods are still appearing during TV programmes seen by children, despite curbs introduced in January, a consumer watchdog has said. Which? said the five programmes with the most child viewers and only four of the top [...]

Posted On : Sep, 19 2008 | Comments : 0

L.A. fast-food moratorium one step closer to reality

A moratorium on the opening of new fast food restaurants in one of the poorest areas of Los Angeles moved one step closer to reality on Tuesday in a measure aimed at countering obesity.A Los Angeles city council planning committee una [...]

Posted On : Jul, 23 2008 | Comments : 0

NYC Restaurant Chains Forced To Post Calories, Or Pay Fines

New York City restaurant chains must now post calorie counts on their menus, or should expect to pay some hefty fines. The New York City Health Department installed the law in May, requiring restaurant chains to post calorie counts on thei [...]

Posted On : Jul, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

CORRECTED-ANALYSIS-SE Asian rice cartel plan "going nowhere"

A proposed "OPEC-style" rice cartel in Southeast Asia will go nowhere due to the inability of governments to cooperate with each other and control output from their farmers, analysts and traders said on Friday. Thai Prime Ministe [...]

Posted On : May, 06 2008 | Comments : 0

Warehouse Stores Restrict Rice Sales

The two biggest warehouse retail chains, Sam’s Club and Costco Wholesale, are limiting how much rice customers can buy.Sam’s Club is a division of Wal-Mart Stores, but the broader chain has no plans to limit food purchases. Am [...]

Posted On : Apr, 24 2008 | Comments : 0

Consumer prices moderate in February

Consumer inflation, after pushing relentlessly higher, posted its mildest reading in six months in February thanks to energy and food costs moderating. The relief, however, was expected to be short-lived, given that energy prices have resum [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

Starbucks Closes Stores

Starbucks Corp. retaught baristas how to make espresso shots, steam milk and hand drinks to customers while it shut down nearly 7,100 stores in the U.S. on Tuesday evening. The Seattle coffee giant said that, starting Wednesday morning, it [...]