Center announces measures to strengthen food processing, agriculture, and allied sectors
Nirmala Sitharaman, union finance and corporate affairs minister, announced the 3rd Tranche of measures to strengthen food processing, infrastructure logistics, capacity building, Governance and administrative reforms for agriculture and fisheries sectors. In her opening remarks,...
ITC launches NimWash vegetable and fruit wash
With India facing an unprecedented crisis due to Covid-19 and consumers following hygienic lifestyles strictly, companies are making efforts to address the growing demand for these hygiene products, including food. In line with this,...
Freeze-drying can process and preserve anything on earth
Freeze-drying or lyophilization is a dehydration technique where ice is sublimed from the material directly to a gas, under pressure, and with a small amount of heat. In comparison to other drying or dehydration...
India’s first honey testing laboratory at NDDB, Anand
Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, inaugurated NDDB’s hi-tech honey testing laboratory and beekeeping training program for dairy farmers at National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Anand on 24 July 2020.
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Nestle, Unilever &Tesco among 40% of leading food firms with focus on plant-based products
Four-year investor engagement with 25 giant food retailers and manufacturers, led by the FAIRR investor network, has found that two in five global food giants with combined annual revenues of US$ 459 billion (approximately...
Goel Group’s ‘Goeld’ launches vegetarian range of frozen foods
The Goel Group, one of the leading business houses in central India partners with Hyatt Hotels, India’s leading hospitality chain to launch its brand ‘Goeld’ -– a range of 100% vegetarian frozen food products...
Shilpa Medicare unveils Green T Film
Established in 1989 Karnataka based Shilpa Medicare is known as one of the world-leading manufacturers in oncology and non-oncology intermediates, API’s and formulations. Today on 24 August 2020 the company made its debut in...
FSSAI launches new Food Safety Compliance System (FoSCoS)
Since 2011, the FSSAI’s online licensing platform FLRS (Food Licensing and Registration System) is the soul of the licensing ecosystem with 100% India (all State and UTs) coverage, 70 lakh licenses or registrations issued...
New opportunities opening up in food processing sector
Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Union food processing industries minister, launched the Food Processing Edition of the Exclusive Investment Forum by Invest India, the National Investment Promotion & Facilitation Agency of the Government of India, on...
GEA supplies steam-sterilizable centrifuge for probiotics production
GEA claims to have supplied its largest steam-sterilizable centrifuge to Jiangsu Wecare Biotechnology in Luohe, Henan Province, in central China. In January 2020, GEA completed the installation of the pharma separator of type CSI...