Food Pacific Manufacturing Journal

How do you manage anxiety brought by food scares?

IN OCTOBER, the 1111 Job Bank in Taiwan surveyed over 1,000 office workers on their reaction to a series of food scares, the most recent involving adulterated cooking oil. The results, published in an article in the Taipei Times, revealed that nearly 85% of respondents said they had consumed food cooked with adulterated ingredients. Nearly half said they were "terrified" by food scares. On a scale of 0-100, respondents' level of fear over food scares is 75. These figures may as well echo the anxiety of consumers all over the world. But will 2015 be a year with less (or no) food scares? One can only hope.

For our outlook report for 2015, we interviewed companies that F&B manufacturers can work with on food safety.

In boardroom connection, Frank Tam, founder and managing director of Roselle Farms, shares with us how and why he started a company on hibiscus products in Selangore, Malaysia.

At Fi Asia 2014, AAK Malaysia Sdn Bhd managing director, Michael Skriver, took some time to speak to FPMJ on trends in the specialty ingredients sector.