In light of the recent coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the FIA Food for the Future Summit that was scheduled to be held on 23 April 2020 has been postponed to 10 July 2020 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.

In support of the Government School Meals Programme, and to celebrate the National Nutrition Day, local Government in Kuningan, West Java launched a community-based campaign on 7 February 2020 titled “Gebyar Gerakan Makan Buah dan Sayur (Gebyur)”. The campaign was launched in-line with the pilot nutrition programme, as part of the National School Meals Programme or Program Gizi Anak Sekolah (Progas), an initiative created by the Ministry of Education, with support from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Food Industry Asia (FIA), Cargill, and Japan Friends of WFP.

According to a new report by FIA and research firm IGD, almost all consumers in Indonesia (99 per cent) are interested in improving their diets and a majority (89 per cent) are happy for products to be reformulated, provided that taste is not compromised. The first of its kind in Indonesia, the report surveyed both consumers and F&B businesses to better understand industry efforts on delivering improved nutrition through reformulation.