Published: Jan 04, 2019

Most farmers in the Surendranagar district, India’s largest cotton producer, have harvested little crop following last year’s monsoon failure.

Published: Jan 03, 2019

Sattviko, India’s fastest-growing food brand, launched Khakhra chips in five flavours, with the objective of spreading Indianness in the new year.

Published: Jan 03, 2019

The country’s apex food regulator, has brought new standards for all pulses, whole and decorticated pearl millet grains, degermed maize flour and maize grit, couscous, tempe, textured soy protein, sago flour bee wax and royal jelly into force with effect

Published: Jan 03, 2019

The apex food regulator, in the past one year, has launched a massive campaign against industrially produced trans fats to reduce it to 2% and has even taken a vow to completely eradicate it from the Indian food system.

Published: Jan 03, 2019

Premier Modi’s Central government today increased the incentives given under Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) from 5% to 10%. The goal is to boost domestic prices.

Published: Jan 03, 2019

The establishment of a fruit pre-cooling unit by an enterprising farmer in Mahabaleshwar, which is known as the strawberry belt of Maharashtra, could be a huge boost to farmers in the region.

Published: Jan 03, 2019

Wholesale prices of Indian tomatoes have crashed by nearly 54 percent (on an average) between November 2017 and 2018.

Published: Jan 03, 2019

Nagpur oranges have a cult following across the country.

Published: Jan 02, 2019

the Food Safety Standards Agency of India (FSSAI) recently issued the Food Safety Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Regulation 2018, the first amendment -amendment of mixed vegetable oil labels.

Published: Jan 02, 2019

In India, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the regulation and supervision of food safety.

Published: Jan 02, 2019

FSSAI has issued a guidance note on irradiated food titled Irradiated Food is Safe - Busting Myths Around It. It aims at making Food Business Operators (FBOs) understand the technological benefits, safety and wholesomeness of irradiated foods.

Published: Jan 02, 2019

the Indian trading community hoped for a sustained, simplified and rationalised Goods & Services Tax (GST) in the year 2019.

Published: Jan 02, 2019

ibaco has launched two variants in its range of ice cream cakes - Chocolate Overload and Black Forest.

Published: Jan 02, 2019

Increasing employment in the agriculture sector and enhancing the incomes of farmers are the important factors in the implementation of the agricultural policy of the incumbent government, whose primary goal is farmers’ welfare.

Published: Jan 02, 2019

Food High on Fat, Salt and Sugar (HFSS) has been a bone of contention between the food regulator and the industry as the latter feels that this would force the companies to redraw their product line and reformulate their products.

Published: Dec 29, 2018

Margins this year are expected to be better than the previous year for most of the dairy sector companies in India, according to Dairy Quarterly Q4 2018, a Rabobank report, which was released recently.

Published: Dec 29, 2018

Tablez, the organised retail arm of LuLu Group International, inaugurated two new outlets of American ice cream brand Cold Stone Creamery in Chennai recently.

Published: Dec 29, 2018

The Department of Food Safety, Kerala, recently conducted inspection of branded coconut oils wherein 74 of them were found to be either misbranded or substandard.

Published: Dec 29, 2018

A sum of Rs 3,000 crore will be made available to small food processing units with the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) working on a new scheme for MSME sector.

Published: Dec 29, 2018

On December 27, 2018, the Indian Food Safety Standards Authority (FSSAI) issued a notice extending the compliance date of the Food Safety Standards (Fortification of Foods) Regulations 2018.