The ministry of food processing industries (MoFPI) has released draft guidelines for backward and forward linkages, aiming at plugging the gaps in supply chain and linking farmers to food processors and the market.
In this regard, the ministry will offer a grant in aid of 35 per cent of the eligible cost in general areas […]
Through an official order issued on 15 March 2017 the FSSAI has stated that all food business operators engaged in extracting ground water will henceforth need to obtain an NOC form the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA). This has been mandated by the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation after the […]
According to the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF), shelf-life is “the amount of time that a food product is considered acceptable for consumption when stored at the appropriate storage conditions.†When determining if a food product is acceptable for consumption, several factors – […]
“Let food be your medicine,†so said Hippocrates, the father of medicine, and focussed on prevention rather than cure.
The term “Nutraceutical†was coined from “Nutrition†& “Pharmaceutical†in the late ’80s by Stephen DeFelice, founder and chairman of the Foundation for Innovation in Medicine. It refers to extracts of foods, or parts of food […]
Nowadays, everyone prefers to dine outside due to taste, preferences and the changing lifestyle, which makes the restaurant industry as one of the fastest growing industry verticals in the recent times.The restaurant business is a lucrative idea but one must thoroughly investigate the prerequisites to avoid legal complications.
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Through a notice date March 7, 2017, the FSSAI has asked for comments, suggestions and objections from stakeholders on microbiological testing of meat and meat products and fish and fish products.Â
The FSSAI has asked for comments only for meat and meat products and fish and fish products because when the microbiological manual was uploaded […]
The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has released a draft food processing policy. It would be a model Act, on the basis of which the states can draft their respective Acts.
Harsimrat Kaur Badal, minister of food processing industries said, “The National Food Processing Policy will document the best practices of the states […]
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), in its recent direction, has asked food business operators (FBOs) to comply with maximum limits of trans fatty acids to 5% by weight as prescribed earlier by the regulator while allowing to use existing stocks of the packaging material for next six months up to […]
Through a notification dated 13 February the FSSAI has regularised the amendments to the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011 and prescribed standards for some new products and food additives in the regulation CEREAL AND CEREAL PRODUCTS. The FSSAI has taken into consideration the objections, comments and suggestions […]
The ministry of food processing industries (MoFPI) has released a set of draft guidelines for infrastructure for agro processing clusters under the Sampada scheme. The ministry stated that this was primarily to develop agro processing clusters with modern infrastructure close to the production hubs. The project would also help in integrated and complete supply […]