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

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

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

Food makers tend to cull products without much fanfare.

25 February 2023

Onion price hike to MVR 400 linked to India's price controls

India is the world's largest exporter of onions.

31 October 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

Artificially ripened mangoes in India again

The Maldives Food and Drug Authority (MFDA) must expand its operations in testing the food imported into the country.

8 June 2024

India imposes major rice export ban, triggering inflation fears

China and the Philippines, who generally buy Vietnamese and Thai rice, will be forced to pay substantially higher prices.

22 July 2023

World food prices rise for first time in a year, UN says

The Rome-based agency said the April rise reflected higher prices for sugar, meat and rice.

6 May 2023