Nilutpal Thakur
Rethinking food and footprint at India Food Manufacturing Summit 2025
The India Food Manufacturing Summit 2025, held on 30 May 2025 in New Delhi, brought together leading voices from the food and beverage (F&B)...
FSSAI notifies guidelines for rPET in food-grade packaging
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has notified guidelines for the use of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) as food contact material...
Food processing contributes 7.7% to India’s manufacturing
Valued at US$ 160 billion, India's food processing sector supports over 7 million jobs across the value chain, directly and indirectly, says a new...
New report flags rise in food insecurity, malnutrition for sixth consecutive year
Conflict, economic shocks, extreme weather, and forced displacement drove food insecurity and malnutrition around the world in the year 2024, when more than 295...
Recycled plastic in food packaging – is the industry ready yet?
Amid uncertainty and confusion over government regulations that set specific targets for the use of recycled plastic in various forms of packaging—including multilayered as...
India’s first genome-edited rice varieties launched
Union agriculture and farmers welfare minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on 5 April 2025 announced the development of two genome-edited rice varieties in India, marking...
Climate change, agriculture and food security
Some good news and something to be concerned about. The alarming news first. Many may believe climate change is a hoax. But it doesn't...
Adverse climate drives coffee prices to highest level in years
Inclement weather affecting key producing countries such as Brazil and Vietnam has played a key role in driving world coffee prices to a multi-year...
Big govt push to food processing and cold storage
The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY), launched by the Union government to put India's food processing capabilities on the fast track, will put...
WorldStar 2025 awards – India fourth with 19 winners
India ranks fourth in the World Packaging Organization (WPO) WorldStar Global Packaging Awards 2025, bagging 19 awards. Japan has the highest number of winners...
