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The official launch of a series of agri-food standards on October 28 provides farmers with green guidelines on their processes and offer better assurance to Singaporeans looking to buy locally grown produce, seafood and eggs. Developed by the Singapore Manufacturing Federation and the Standards Development Organisation, these new standards...

Research group, Mintel just announced four key trends that will shape the global food and drink industries in 2023 over the next five years, and they center around space, climate change, mental performance and the overwhelmed consumer: Weatherproofed provisions: Consumers are in need of food and drink formulations that...

World Egg Day is celebrated across the globe every October. The annual event will be held on October 14 this year. Initiated by the International Egg Commission in 1996 in Vienna, World Egg Day aims to raise awareness about the important nutrition value of eggs and the role it...

USAPEEC participated in Food and Hotel Asia (FHA) – Food & Beverage 2022, the biggest B2B trade show held at the Singapore Expo, from September 5-8, 2022. Over 2,000 exhibitors, 50 international group pavilions representing Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, China, Taiwan, South Korea, the Netherlands, USA, European Union, and...

Forty-four consumers attended the USA Poultry Culinary Showcase held at the De Dietrich Showroom & Culinary Studio on August 6. This event follows a six-month poultry marketing campaign that pitted six home chefs against each other in an online competition utilizing U.S. chicken, duck and turkey. The top three...

Thirty students benefitted from a great masterclass session held August 25 that proved to be accessible and fun. The students are currently pursuing a Diploma in Food Services (Pastry and Baking) at the SHATEC Institutes. Chef Lester Lee who facilitated the class expounded the many advantages of using U.S....

We may have moved past the pandemic but consumer demand will continue to change for years to come as longstanding habits and behaviors were upended during its height. For one, there is no end to the home cooking trend with people choosing to work from home or at least...

Asia’s tech entrepreneurs are using food that would have gone to waste to offer cheap meals through mobile phone apps. For example, a supper buffet of an assortment of satay chicken, wok-fried mud crab, and chilled tiger prawns at an international hotel would normally cost customers USD70.00 each. For...

What was once a territory of the British Empire, an island under Japanese rule during World War II, and a country under the Federation of Malaysia for two years, now stands Singapore, an independent country for 57 years. August 9, 1965 marked the end of Singapore’s merger with Malaysia....

The Meat Traders Association of Singapore (MTA) celebrated its 20th Anniversary on June 11, 2022. Close to 400 guests representing the food industry and trade attended a special dinner reception held at the Amara Sanctuary Resort in Sentosa to mark the occasion. Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, Ms...