Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
NEW DELHI: The Centre has decided to formulate a separate policy for the food processing sector to accord commercial orientation to this strain of economic activity. Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Subodh Kant Sahai announced that the process at formulating the new policy would be taken after the current …
Madurai, July 31 Foodgrain merchants in Tamil Nadu are apprehensive about the Food Safety and Standards Act (FSS Act) 2006, which is likely to come into force shortly, and the notifications following it. The Act has several clauses that would make it difficult for the food industry to survive. Not …
According to a small band of researchers, using the information on food labels to estimate calorie intake could be a very bad idea. They argue that calorie estimates on food labels are based on flawed and outdated science, and provide misleading information on how much energy your body will actually …
With obesity rising across the developed world, you'd think the revelation that food labels get their calorie content wrong would lead to an outcry and calls for a change. Well, you would be wrong. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) looked at the issue a few years ago and …
To Adopt Common Nutritional Labelling Standards To Address Health Awareness Kala Vijayraghavan & Ratna Bhushan MUMBAI | DELHI INDIAN subsidiaries of global food and beverage companies such as Unilever, Kellogg, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and ConAgra are planning to adopt common nutritional labelling standards to address growing health awareness and concerns about …
New Delhi: The government will help in setting up 350 new food processing units in the next 100 days as part of its efforts to create one crore jobs in the sector by 2015. Announcing this, Minister for Food Processing Industries Subodh Kant Sahai on Wednesday said the government would …
This discussion paper documents differing practices in traditional and modern food supply chains and identifies an agenda for future research. Finds that overall urban consumption is increasing, the urban food basket is shifting away from staples toward high-value products, and modern market channels (modern retail, food processing, and the food …
Union minister for food processing Subodh Kant Sahay today advised the state to come up with favourable policies for food processing industries. Addressing a media gathering at Tata Workers
Buyers from Singapore, Malaysia, Qatar and Sri Lanka and farmers from various districts of Bengal as well as experts turned up at Mango Mahotsava 2009, held from June12 to 14. The meet, organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce and the Agri Horticultural Society of India with support from the …
When it comes to reusable packaging and the environment, consumers are keen to do the right thing, but it seems sparking a refill revolution in Great Britain means getting the price right first.
The Union finance minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, today said there was a need to upgrade the food processing industries in the state to preserve excess supply of vegetables and fruit. He was speaking at the foundation stone-laying ceremony of a new manufacturing edible oil refinery unit at Haldia this morning. …
Ramesh Sharma Long way to go: The Union Minister for Food Processing Industries, Mr Subodh Kant Sahay (right), and the Director, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mr V. Prakash, at the 2nd Food Technology Summit in the Capital on Monday.
Cyclone Aila dealt a heavy blow to the state food processing and horticulture department, in terms of the department incurring a loss of Rs 101.62 crore from the damage caused by the storm in the districts of North and South 24-Parganas. The state horticulture department is now reviewing the quantum …
Responding to the show-cause notices issued by the Sindh Environment Protection Agency (Sepa), a number of industrialists on Wednesday clarified their position with regard to their failure to meet the safe environmental standards, a source in the agency said. According to the source, owners and executives holding responsible positions in …
In view of the economic recession, particularly in the USA and European countries, the prices of frozen food in the international markets has fallen up to 40 to 45 percent posing a threat to the industry in Bangladesh. "A red alert hovers over the frozen foods industry," said Sheikh Abdul …
Rejection of a record 40 groundnut kernel consignments due to high aflatoxin levels has become a cause for concern for exporters and several thousand farmers across Gujarat SS PIRALLING AFLATOXIN levels S in groundnuts are giving nightmares S to exporters in Gujarat, which ac counts for over 50 per cent …
