MFDA bans Toblerone sale over plastic contamination

The chocolate was tainted with plastic due to a problem with the chocolate making machine, the MFDA said.

29 January 2024

MNU's food exhibition 'Fahi Sufura' begins

According to MNU, over 300 different types of food will be available during the festival.

2 March 2023

North Korea's Kim demands more farmland to boost food production

South Korea's rural development agency estimated the North's crop production fell nearly 4% last year from the year before.

3 March 2023

Green Fund used to address coconut shortage

The agriculture ministry has since brought in 5,000 coconut palms to the Maldives from the Indian state of Kerala.

9 April 2023

U.N. food-agency chief tells of 'apocalyptic' scenes in Turkey

He stressed the urgency of scaling up food deliveries to Syria "through all routes - without any restrictions", and called for "all parties to facilitate access

26 February 2023

Food makers, feeling squeezed, pull the plug on slow products

Food makers tend to cull products without much fanfare.

25 February 2023

Maldives signs pact with Turkey to import staple food

While the president said that he would end dependence on a particular country, Maldives currently imports essential food as well as many medicines from India.

13 January 2024

No shortage of staple foods: STO

When asked about it, STO spokesperson Yusuf Shah said that there is no shortage of foodgrains.

30 March 2023