The global food system had undergone dramatic changes in recent years. Rapid urbanisation, sedentary lifestyles and higher incomes have resulted in a shift towards less healthy dietary habits, but the F&B industry is responding to play its role in advancing the region's health agenda.

Ahead of the FIA E-Commerce session on 9 October, FIA sat down with David Heijkoop, Kantar Consulting, Christopher Y. Chan of Lazada and RedMart, and Patrik Jonasson of GS1, to talk about the trends and challenges that players across the e-commerce supply chain are facing today in fuelling growth and ensuring food safety for cross-border transactions in Asia.

India faces the double burden of malnutrition with high rates of undernutrition coexisting alongside increasing rates of obesity and NCDs. Steven Bartholomeusz, FIA's Policy Director, sits down with FoodNavigator Asia to share the major factors driving reformulation in India, as well as the hurdles that food companies in India encounter in accelerating their reformulation progress.

With a third of all food produced for human consumption wasted each year, how can we create a supply chain that can meet our desires and minimise food waste? According to Alan Adams, Director of Sustainability at Sealed Air, essential food packaging is often the key to this challenge, where the solution lies in delivering food in the right quantity and with the right quality, with extended shelf life and enhanced food safety.