Processed Foods
Tap food-processing sector: Sahay
BHUBANESWAR: Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Subodh Kant Sahay today advised the State Government to lay equal emphasis on food processing industries like it has given to mineral-based industries and incentivise the sector to attract more investment.
Koraput to have CSIR centre
BHUBANESWAR: Koraput will soon be connected to the nationwide network of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) laboratories as it is chosen as an extension centre to have a pool of master trainers to train grassroots-level people in applied technologies in various fields.
India lags behind in food processing
Despite being a major food producer India is lagging far behind in food processing with a global share of just 1.3 per cent, according to JP Maurya, industrial adviser to the union ministry of food processing.
Parliamentary body slams food processing policy
The government’s policy with regards to the food processing industry has come under severe criticism from the parliamentary standing committee on agriculture. The committee, in its report tabled in Parliament today, called for “serious introspection” to review the ex-isting policy framework and recomme-nded immediate drafting of a new nat-ional long-term food processing policy.
India’s first food biotech institute opens today
Permanent campus to come up in 2 years in Knowledge City, transit campus in Mohali Industrial Area
India's first National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI) is all set to launch operations in Mohali on Thursday.
Prevention of Food Adulteration (1st Amendment) Rules, 2010
Soon, stricter norms for energy drinks
New Delhi: Soon, there will be strict standards for energy drinks like Red Bull, which are fast catching the fancy of youth for fighting fatigue — and getting a ‘high’.
Also, all ‘proprietary’ food imported or manufactured in the country, including processed and packaged food items, and others such as probiotic products will also be under government scrutiny.
Draft Rajasthan agri business - agro industries policy 2009
The objectives of this policy are: To make Rajasthan a destination for investors and processors, both global and domestic; To evolve strategies to strengthen the marketing infrastructure through improvement of density of regulated market yards equipped with grading, cleaning and packaging facilities, market information and auction systems in which private sector investment will be encouraged; Cre
Food safety and standards regulations, 2009
The Draft Food Safety and Standards Regulations, 2009
have been prepared in consultation with various stake holders and after through deliberations in a series of meetings in the Food Safety Standards Authority of India. These Rules include qualification of the enforcement
GM food safety assessment: tools for trainers
FAO’s Food Quality and Standards Service has recently published “GM food safety assessment: Tools for trainers”. The training package is composed of three parts. The first, ‘Principles of safety assessment of foods derived from recombinant-DNA plants’, provides guidance for the implementation of an effective framework for safety assessment of foods derived from recombinant-DNA plants.
