African regional trade bloc calls for fo...

NAIROBI, April 10 (Xinhua) -- The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), an African trade bloc, on Wednesday urged member states to embrace food safety measures to improve intra-trad

Luxury brands combine food with high fas...

Some of the world's most famous fashion brands such as Prada, Burberry and Armani are branching out into food. Using the so-called experience economy to promote and expand the traditional retail conc

China cuts tax rates on inbound consumer...

BEIJING, April 8 (Xinhua) -- China will lower the tax rates on a range of goods brought or mailed by individuals into the country, including food, medicines, textiles and information technology produ

Roundup: Agricultural innovations seen b...

NAIROBI, April 7 (Xinhua) -- The growing number of innovations deployed in Kenya's agriculture sector could hasten realization of food security and industrial transformation in the east African natio

Road warriors: China’s food deliverymen

Chang He used to be always on the run. As a deliveryman for China's leading food delivery platform, the uniformed 39-year-old would be seen rushing on his electric scooters with his signature helmet

Over 70 pct Chinese parents expect monit...

BEIJING, April 4 (Xinhua) -- A survey showed that 74.6 percent of Chinese parents expect authorities to establish a monitoring, testing and early warning mechanism for children's food products, Thurs

GrubMarket raises $25M more for its farm...

Farmers markets have become a staple presence in many US cities, where there is a steady supply of smaller, often organic farmers and other food producers wanting a more direct channel to sell their g

WFP says prevailing peace in South Sudan...

JUBA, April 1 (Xinhua) -- The World Food Programme said on Monday the prevailing peace coupled with low hindrance incidences have enabled it to preposition about 175,000 tons of food ahead of the rai

AU urges concerted efforts to reduce pos...

ADDIS ABABA, April 1 (Xinhua) -- The African Union (AU) on Monday urged African countries and institutions to exert concerted efforts in reducing post-harvest food loss so as to tackle Africa's curre

Singapore launches food agency to overse...

SINGAPORE, April 1 (Xinhua) -- The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) was unveiled on Monday as the sole governmental organization responsible for food scrutiny and security. The government hopes the move w