Published: Nov 26, 2018

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its approval to expand the scope of mandatory packaging norms under the Jute Packaging Material (JPM) Act, 1987.

Published: Nov 26, 2018

Uth Beverage Factory (UBF), which specialises in premium-quality whey protein supplements, plans to launch protein ice cream powder, a weight management protein as well as a multivitamin.

Published: Nov 26, 2018

AccorHotels has appointed Ranju Singh as complex general manager, Novotel Goa Shrem Hotel and Novotel Goa Resort and Spa.

Published: Nov 26, 2018

Pomegranate farmers in the state of Maharashtra are facing a serious crunch due to drought impact on over 50 per cent of the plantation.

Published: Nov 26, 2018

India’s Commerce Ministry is working on a new agricultural export policy.

Published: Nov 26, 2018

Grape growers across India can now get their residue reports online.

Published: Nov 23, 2018

Gemini Sunflower Oil, the flagship brand of Cargill’s food business in India, committed its support to Swasth Bharat Yatra, a pan-India cyclothon that is a part of FSSAI’s Eat Right India Movement.

Published: Nov 23, 2018

With reports surfacing of the smuggling of rotten areca nut (commonly referred to as betel nut) into India via Sri Lanka, FSSAI, India’s apex food regulator, has issued a directive stating that now onwards, every consignment of areca/betel nut will be sub

Published: Nov 23, 2018

For the first time, photo sharing site Instagram released the top trending hashtags for food this year, for India.

Published: Nov 23, 2018

Last Tuesday, Fresh fruit firm IG International announced they would be importing Alphonso mangoes from South Africa in order to be able to cater to the domestic market in the ongoing festive season.

Published: Nov 22, 2018

Cargill has appointed Piyush Patnaik as managing director of its oils business in India.

Published: Nov 22, 2018

A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad is developing a smart phone-based sensor to detect adulteration in milk.

Published: Nov 22, 2018

The latest report, has stated that organic labelled items collected from private shops are found to have been contaminated and the presence of the chemicals banned in the state and insecticides not recommended for specific crops has been detected in some

Published: Nov 22, 2018

India’s antitrust regulator has ordered a probe into alleged anti-competitive practices by Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk and Dubai’s DP World at the terminals they operate at the country’s largest container port in Mumbai.

Published: Nov 22, 2018

The erratic weather patterns with sudden rain and cloudy weather in parts of Goa may hurt the crop prospects of the state’s mangoes, triggering some concerns about pests and fungal attack.

Published: Nov 21, 2018

Puri Oil Mills has observed that India is an edible oil-deficit economy and the annual imports lead to an enormous outflow of valuable foreign exchange.

Published: Nov 21, 2018

The United States is hungry for food products from India. While it exports blueberries to India, it imports basmati rice, mango, spices and a few other products.

Published: Nov 21, 2018

About 78.12% of milk available in open market in Maharashtra “does not comply with FSSAI standards.

Published: Nov 21, 2018

Because of an increased supply of select vegetables from surrounding districts, prices have been dropping in Pune.

Published: Nov 21, 2018

The Tripura government has planned to focus on marketing delicious and juicy oranges of the state.