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The Swiss government has submitted a proposal to develop a Codex Standard for Marine Oil (Fish and other Marine Oils) to the Codex Committee on Fats and Oils (CCFO)…

Following the completion of a series of roundtable discussions on health claims led by the Consumer Affairs Agency in Japan a summary report has been published. In the report, the CAA identified several areas where the agency should take immediate measures including for FOSHU approvals…

Studies of the safety, effectiveness, and biological action of botanical products are major focuses for the five dietary supplement research centres selected to be jointly funded by the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) and the National Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), two components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH’s National Cancer Institute is also co-supporting two of the five centres…

According to a new study by Semiocast, Asia is now the region that produces the most Twitter posts, surpassing North America, which declined 7% in the last three months. Asia rose 5.5% in the same time period, to 37%. It is also the fastest-growing region in terms of Twitter use…

Founder of Comvita, a natural health product company, Claude Stratford marked his 100th birthday earlier this week and as part of the celebrations a scholarship has been created in his honour…

NZTE is looking to connect New Zealand companies and technology to General Mills – with the intention of identifying opportunities that deliver economic benefits to New Zealand companies (and New Zealand) as well as commercial benefits for General Mills. GM is a multinational food company headquartered in the U.S. with well-known brands including Betty Crocker, Yoplait, Nature Valley, and Haagen-Dazs. This is an exciting opportunity to make a connection…

Taiwan’s consumption of health products is expected to surge by 10 percent to NZ$3.7 billion this year, the China Times reported. Taiwan and the US both ranked third in the world for the consumption of health products, with 56 percent of Taiwanese consumers using health products…

Home-made yoghurt company EasiYo cannot make product fast enough to satisfy soaring demand from home and export markets, despite extending its Auckland plant earlier this year…

New Zealand may not be a nation of small shop keepers, but with 90 percent of enterprises having five or fewer employees, it is certainly a place of small and medium enterprises according to the Ministry of Economic Development’s report on SME structure and dynamics. Read the full report…

Time and costs spent searching existing publications and patent registers can avoid costly mistakes when acquiring or licensing technology from a third party, or before undertaking a significant R&D program or an extensive patent filing strategy. If the technology in question is anticipated by these earlier publications, then the value of the transaction or the merit of the R&D program or patent filings may be critically reduced…