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Regulatory hurdles slow ASEAN food and beverage trade
Regulatory hurdles slow ASEAN food and beverage trade
Monday, July 25, 2016 – THE FOOD and beverage industry is one of the key industries in ASEAN. But intra-regional trade remains difficult as regulatory hurdles crimp the export and import of food and beverages within the region. The Brunei Times Business Journalist Koo Jin Shen recently interviewed Dr Siti N Abdul Malek (pic), director of the ASEAN Food and Beverage Alliance (AFBA) Secretariat to discuss the challenges faced by the industry, including discordant regulatory regimes and lack of mutual recognition between ASEAN states when it comes to food and nutrition labelling. Apart from issues on nutrition labelling and lack of mutual recognition of standards, what are some of the other issues that the food and beverage industry face? Read More?