Published: Oct 08, 2019

Although shipments of Iranian and Afghanistani onions have been steadily arriving over the last week, these imports failed to provide any relief to the consumers as traders further pushed up prices of the staple food to Rs90-100 per kg (from Rs80).

Published: Sep 30, 2019

With retail prices of onions hovering around Rs 80-100 in most major markets across India, the government is considering importing onions from countries like China, Egypt and Russia.

Published: Sep 29, 2019

Potato prices in West Bengal have firmed up by nearly 9 percent in the last two months, a development caused by a steady demand from neighbouring states.

Published: Sep 29, 2019

The chili season in India has started recently and thanks to a great rainy season, the chili have a lot of potential.

Published: Sep 26, 2019

Mother Sparsh, a pioneer in the baby care segment with their organic and eco-friendly products, has launched a new innovation in the kids’ care segment - India’s first kids’ cooking oil with optimum levels of enriching nutrients such as Vitamin D, Omega 3

Published: Sep 26, 2019

FSSAI, in a recent move, has directed operationalisation of Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2019, in relation to revision of limits of the parameter Refractive Index in the standards of coconut

Published: Sep 26, 2019

IG International, India’s largest fresh fruit importer, will be importing fresh lemons from Argentina since the access to import has been granted.

Published: Sep 26, 2019

Despite Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal’s presence in New York to conclude a trade package with US Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer, the two sides failed to bridge the gap in their positions.

Published: Sep 25, 2019

FSSAI has issued draft regulations that aim to strengthen the fortification programme it has launched by directing manufacturers to ensure that declared value of micronutrients on labels adhere to the maximum and minimum levels specified.

Published: Sep 25, 2019

With virtually no business having been transacted for 50 days, small-scale entrepreneurs and apple traders have stated they were desperately hoping for an end to the clampdown in the Kashmir Valley and are unable to cope with threats from terror groups.

Published: Sep 23, 2019

Nagpur oranges, which already had to combat water scarcity this summer, are now succumbing to a fungal infection brought on by excess rain.

Published: Sep 19, 2019

The rising tensions between India and Pakistan have affected the trading of agri commodities between the two nations over the past few months.

Published: Sep 18, 2019

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has permitted hotels to serve drinking water in paper-sealed glass bottles to their in-house guests.

Published: Sep 18, 2019

As shipments from the region of Jammu and Kashmir are negligible -despite this being the harvesting season in Kashmir - apple traders in the Delhi and Jammu wholesale markets are concerned about the return of the advance payments they made to growers ther

Published: Sep 18, 2019

At the Lasalgaon mandi, Asia’s largest onion selling market, the onion price jumped Rs 1.50 a kg to Rs 32 a kg, the highest since January last year.

Published: Sep 17, 2019

As India's logistics infrastructure is modernizing, temperature-controlled rail transport and state-of-the-art warehouses are being set up.

Published: Sep 17, 2019

The double burden of malnutrition continues to pose a serious challenge in India.

Published: Sep 17, 2019

FSSAI has issued a request for proposal for conduct of the food safety audit of state or Central licenced slaughterhouses across the country.

Published: Sep 16, 2019

Italian coffee brand Lavazza has launched Tierra Bio-Organic, the first organic coffee to encapsulate all the goodness of the earth in a cup, to be enjoyed at home.

Published: Sep 16, 2019

With the deadline for ban on single-use plastic fast approaching, the F&B industry in the country is gearing up to ensure that the 200 ml PET bottle is kept out of the purview of the ban.