IN BRIEF
New vegan fish
fillets released for
sale in Britain are
low-fat, contain
five times the fibre
of traditional fish
and are made
with mycoprotein,
a high-protein ingredient made
by fermenting a blend of glucose,
minerals, fungi and seaweed extract to
provide a realistic fish flavour.
Wild Stock - the
one-day festival
of wild food, wild
beer and wild wine
– will be held in
Auckland for the
first time on March
10, promising
natural, lo-fi and experimental wines,
more than two dozen wild and sour
beers, wild and foraged food for those
wanting to take a walk on the wild side.
Synlait has
obtained
registration
renewal of its
Dunsandel plant
with the General
Administration of
Customs of the
Peoples’ Republic of China (GACC),
giving it permission to continue
supplying formulai n China.
People with a diet
high in fibre and
whole grains have
lower rates of a
range of chronic
diet-related
diseases,
University of
Otago researchers have decided.
Australia’s
Mornington
Peninsula
Vignerons
Association
(MVPA) and
Agriculture
Victoria will
use the Snap Send Solve platform to
locate amenity vines in the Mornington
Peninsula in an effort to help protect
the region’s valuable wine industry from
biosecurity threats.
NEW VENTURE FOR
ASUREQUALITY
A new partnership between New Zealand’s premier
food assurance business AsureQuality and global
leader Bureau Veritas will benefit both the growing food
John McKay industry in South East Asia and Kiwi exporters alike.
The two entities have announced the
formation of the new joint venture in
South East Asia, BVAQ, which will
be based in Singapore and combine
expertise and extensive capabilities to the fastgrowing
South East Asian food industry and
ground support for New Zealand food and primary
exporters to the region.
AsureQuality chief executive John McKay says
the partnership will combine and strengthen the
existing footprints across South East Asia. His
organissation has been operating a strong food
testing business with a state-of-the-art laboratory
in Singapore since 2010; while Bureau Veritas
has newly established food testing laboratories in
Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand, plus a majority
share in Permulab – a Malaysian leader in food
and water testing.
Together, they will operate BVAQ as a ‘hub and
spoke’ business model throughout Singapore,
Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.
“Partnering with Bureau Veritas in DTS has
already proved to offer strong synergies. This new
partnership is a great fit for both organisations
and will enable us to provide better service to
customers in this important region,” he says.
AsureQuality and Bureau Veritas have previously
partnered together in 2016 with their successful
joint venture acquisition of Dairy Technical
Services (DTS), the leading food testing provider
in Australia. BVAQ will be jointly governed and
will extend the range and scope of services to
South East Asia - a thriving growth region that is
home to an increasingly complex food regulatory
environment.
“For food producers in the region, the value
of having New Zealand government-owned
AsureQuality along with global powerhouse
Bureau Veritas, brings a huge amount of trust and
credibility,” McKay says.
“We also see tremendous benefits for New
Zealand food and primary industry exporters. The
greater geographic reach means we’ll be closer on
the ground in these markets offering local testing
and support. We also look forward to bringing
international market insights back in to our
customers here in New Zealand.”
AsureQuality is a leading provider of food
assurance and biosecurity services to the food
and primary production sectors reaching global
markets. New Zealand government-owned, and
with a scientific and agricultural pedigree spanning
more than 100 years, AsureQuality has built a
trusted reputation for delivering expert services
and value for customers across the entire food
supply chain.
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