The workshop would aim at creating awareness and augmenting understanding among food business operators, especially the SMEs, regarding recent laws like Food Safety & Standards (Licensing & Registration) Regulations; Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules; and Global Codex Food Standards for Trade Promotion; and issues such as products approval and proprietary food; and food categorisation system.
The workshop is being organised by Confederation of Indian Food Trade & Industry (food wing of FICCI) and will see eminent speakers like Mahesh Zagade, food safety commissioner, Maharashtra; S Dave, director, APEDA; B N Dixit, director (LM), department of consumer affairs, Government of India; K U Methekar, FDA, Maharashtra; Prabodh Halde, head, regulatory, Marico; and Shreya Pandey, food regulatory affairs, PepsiCo India; participating in the workshop.
According to the organisers, the workshop will be an opportunity to meet government and industry brass; be part of discussion on the latest policy and industry trends and solutions; network with major stakeholders; gain insight into how to leverage participation in Codex activities for trade promotion; and to get policy queries answered.
