Get the latest news on Blackmores' financials, China's 100-day clampdown, Japan's nutricosmetics innovations and liquid infant formula approvals, and more in our 10 most read APAC nutrition stories for February 2019.
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Get the latest news on Blackmores' financials, China's 100-day clampdown, Japan's nutricosmetics innovations and liquid infant formula approvals, and more in our 10 most read APAC nutrition stories for February 2019.
Click through the gallery to see them all.
China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) and the Ministry of Commerce summoned all 91 direct-selling firms operating in China to a meeting as part of the "100-day operation" to clean up the health food market.
At least 300 cases worth roughly US$6.7m (RMB45m) have been identified since China launched a '100-day operation' to stem illegal and unethical practices across the nation's health food and supplement industry.
A growing body of research around vitamin C's role against cancer and infectious diseases is gaining prominence, increasing the vitamin's therapeutic potential for use in medical treatment.
Japanese food firm Nissin, best known for its Cup Noodles, is venturing into the nutricosmetics scene with the launch of its beauty beverage, Fermented Hyalmoist Lactobacillus Drink.
Vegetarian diets in India are more often linked to a higher rate of morbid obesity than non-vegetarian diets, according to a cohort study published in The Journal of Metabolic Surgery and Allied Care.
Pharmaceutical firms are making strides in the Australia's medical cannabis space, but supplement and nutraceutical firms will have to wait a long time before they can do the same, says an industry expert.
From infant formula and health food clampdowns in China to food contamination and supplements controversy in New Zealand, read the latest regulatory news in our monthly review.
Meiji and Ezaki Glico are the first two companies approved to produce liquid infant formula in Japan, after Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare gave the green light.
Blackmores' in-market sales in China dipped in the first half of the financial year, causing its shares to slide and emphasising the difficulty in shifting from a daigou-based model to domestic Chinese trade.
TCM maker Beijing Tong Ren Tang, which is 350 years old, has been hit with a hefty fine for using expired honey and inaccurate labelling on its products.
