TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Public Health Bureau of Taipei County yesterday deferred the fining of fast food chains that had used arsenic-tainted oil so as to avoid violating the “No Double Sanctions Jeopardy Clause,” local media reported. As such, the amounts to charge McDonald’s and Domino’s Pizza are yet to be determined, pending the outcome of the current investigation led by the Banciao District Prosecutors Office, added media.
The provision under Article 26 of the Administrative Penalty Act stipulates that any person cannot be penalized twice for the same offense.
Should a …

The market for specialty ingredients remains an attractive one for the food companies looking out for adding innovations to their products. Adding these ingredients can be extremely valuable as it can help them to differentiate their product from those of their competitors and allow them to have a positive consumer image in the market.
Specialty ingredients are defined by their ability to impart a distinct performance benefit to a formulated product. They often provide benefits that can be used in the marketing of the product and adding the extra benefit for …

WHEELING, W.Va., July 17 — The FDA has clarified how it plans to regulate drug additives intended to thwart counterfeiting and make it easier for authorities, providers, and consumers to spot fake prescription drugs.
The agency issued a draft guidance to industry this week covering anticounterfeiting measures that legitimate manufacturers might use to authenticate their products.
In particular, it addresses so-called physical-chemical identifiers — unique, hard-to-duplicate, readily detected additives that would distinguish drugs made at approved facilities from cheap, unlicensed fakes — placed on or in pills and capsules.
The scale of counterfeiting …

Organic farming worldwide is partly a product of the 1990s boom times when that market grew rapidly. But now, because of the USA’s deep recession, according to the July 17th, 2009 Reuters article, “Embattled organic sector worries about regulation,”  some farmers are worried and/or angry about the future of organic farming due to new food safety rules emanating from Washington.
Will organic farmers be able to afford the higher costs of keeping the government-required more detailed records of running an organic farm as consumers search for lower-cost, safer, high-quality organic foods? …

The fifth edition of Nutraceutical Summit 2009, one of the leading events to represent country’s Nutraceutical industry will be held on October 28-30, 2009, at The Lalit in New Delhi. The summit is organised by the premier scientific bodies of India, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), jointly with MM Activ Sci-tech Communication Co and in association with leading associations like Pharmexcil, Health Foods and Dietary Supplements Association (Hadsa), the Indian Drug Manufacturers’ Association (IDMA), Ayurvedic Drug Manufacturers’ Association (ADMA), Organisation of …

Along with fresh fruits and vegetables, all-natural and organic products are sprouting up at local farmers markets as more buyers and sellers think green.
One such purveyor is Home Grown Design Foods in Converse, which specializes in all-natural, 100 percent gluten-free salsas, sauces, seasonings, jams, cornmeal and baking mixes.
Owner Sally Drew, who purchased Lamb Stone Ground Cornmeal from the Lamb heirs, started HGD Foods in 2003.
“We had a family member (who) found out that she had to eat gluten-free,” Drew said. “So when we started doing blending and mixing, we just …

Nashua is home to a number of Asian cuisine restaurants. Most notably Chinese and Japanese cuisine, and all offering a variety of dishes unique to their cultures, but there are two that offer Korean cuisine.
YouYou Japanese Bistro, at 150 Broad St. owned by Vincent Woo, a Chinese man who has been in business for 12 years, and Shira Kiku at 13 Broad St.; a Korean family-owned business run by Rob and Jeany Lee that opened last year.
Both restaurant owners discuss their individual approaches to authenticity in serving their cultural and …

TAKE it from Dr. Priscilla Chinte-Sanchez, our golden-yellow traditional rice wine, popularly known as tapuy in the north, is on a par, if not superior, to the internationally popular Japanese sake.
“In our study, we found out that our tapuy has better flavor and aroma than sake,” says the 72-year-old food scientist, now retired from the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), but who continues to chair the biological sciences division of the National Research Council of the Philippines.
 
Tapuy is made from fermented rice.
Sanchez, an awardee on food technology during …

The Beijing Food Safety Administration will conduct a three-month campaign on food safety from July 13 on to ensure food safety during the National Day celebrations.
An official from BFSA stated that, under the leadership of the municipal government; the health department; the department for industry and commerce; the quality supervision department; and the agricultural department of the city will each take measures that are complementary to each other to guarantee the food safety of the city by combining their daily duties with this campaign. The official told local media that …

China-Biotics, Inc. (NSDQ: CHBT) reported positive financial results for its 2009 fiscal year, which ended in March. Sales rose 28% to $54.2 million, and non-GAAP net income climbed 19% to $16.9 million, a very healthy margin of 31%.
Revenues were in line with analysts’ expectations, but net income, which equates to 99 cents per diluted share, beat the street estimate of 83 cps.
The company makes probiotic products, which it sells OTC (often through its own stores) and as bulk additives. China-Biotic’s Shining Essence product was responsible for 40% of revenues.
The report …