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 …
The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) will establish Green Productivity Cell that would work in collaboration with EU Switch Asia Programme and SMEDA to increase production efficiency and reduce wastage in targeted sectors, including textile, food processing and pharmaceutical industry. A decision to this effect was taken at …
Summons against two directors of a company also cancelled The Delhi High Court has quashed a complaint and summons against two directors of a company being prosecuted by the Delhi Government’s Department of Food Adulteration under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act. Justice P. K. Bhasin quashed the complaint filed …
Call to train food inspectors, handlers N. Anandavally, Food Safety Consultant of the United Nations, has said that the food safety rules and regulations in India are at par with those of any developed country. She was speaking on the Food Safety Act and the basic critical hazards analysis in …
Only 5,500 units have complied with the requirement so far Even as the February 4 deadline for food business units to register themselves under the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 is fast approaching, just about 5,500 units have complied with the requirement in the district so far. According to …
New Delhi: Food retail outlets and restaurants are busy revisiting their working models with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) cracking the whip to ensure stricter food safety measures in the sector. While large chains claim to have ensured adherence to the new norms already, small-to-mid level …
Bhubaneswar: Shedding its image of abject poverty, starvation and child selling, Odisha in recent years has embraced growth and prosperity by adopting certain fiscal corrective measures and attracting huge private capital, said speakers at the ‘Resurgent Odisha’ seminar organized by The Times of India in Bhubaneswar on Friday. CM Naveen …
19 commodities are to be covered by the new labelling rule India might not have started growing genetically modified (GM) food crops, but it does import food products that contain GM ingredients. Consumers who buy them have no way of knowing what they contain. Recently, the department of consumer affairs, …
India will soon have a scientific regulatory agency responsible for the safety of the nation’s domestically produced and imported foods, cosmetics, drugs, biologics, medical devices, and radiological products. Proposed on the lines of Centre for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition in USA and the Centre for Disease Control, the new …
The Centrally-sponsored ‘National Mission on Food Processing’ (NMFP) has been established jointly by the State government and Union Ministry of Food Processing Industries. The objective of the programme is decentralisation of implementation of schemes through participation by State governments. In a press release issued here on Wednesday, C.Manoharan, Collector, said …
Polls show 53.7% voted against the contentious measure that was seen as a testbed case for the US as a whole A Californian ballot proposing the labelling of genetically modified ingredients in food products has been rejected by the state's voters . With 95% of votes counted, the polls showed …
New Delhi The government on Thursday notified unified packaging standards for 19 FMCG products which prohibit companies from selling products in irregular sizes. According to a food and consumer affairs ministry notification, about 19 products, including baby food, biscuits, bread, cereals, pulses, coffee, tea, edible oil, milk power, flour, salt …
The rich, roasted aroma of coffee or the golden-brown colour of crispy French fries are enough to set most mouths watering. But the high-temperature cooking that gives these foods their alluring taste, scent and texture also adds a sting: acrylamide, a probable human carcinogen.
Indore: At a time when economies across the globe are struggling to maintain growth and attract investments, Madhya Pradesh has emerged as an attractive investment destination. On the second day of Global Investors’ Summit (GIS) in Indore, 15 MoUs worth Rs 40,485 crore were signed — a move that is …
SHILLONG, Oct 17 – Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma today welcomed Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail and mining. “FDI in retail would help in doing away with middlemen and benefit the farmers, who form 80 per cent of the population and also the consumers,” Sangma said at the sideline …
KOLKATA, 17 OCT: West Bengal has the potential to become a global food production centre, say food processing experts, but it will take at least a decade of major infrastructural change in the food industries before this can happen. Agri Business Initiative Chairman M K Jalan said today, “It will …
Ranchi, Oct. 15: Jharkhand is set to go big on food processing with the industry department today announcing assistance up to Rs 50 lakh for technology upgrade and establishment and modernisation of proposed and existing units. The announcement comes in the backdrop of chief minister Arjun Munda showing keen interest …
Mumbai The food processing industry, currently the fifth largest sector in India’s economy, is showing potential for massive expansion, particularly in the export market, a report by FICCI and Bain & Co says. Costs of processing and packaging food can be up to 40% lower in India, than parts of …
A cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan today took several important decisions including endorsement of Health Service Investment Policy and Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Trade & Food Processing Policy. Status of industry to health service. The Health Service Investment Policy-2012 endorsed by the cabinet provides for industry …
Year-on-year increases in the number of new micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) set up in Uttarakhand over the last four years show that the hill industrial policy is slowly yielding results in the state. The policy came into effect in 2008 to encourage the growth of MSMEs. The government …
The department of consumer affairs recently mandated compulsory labelling of packaged genetically modified food. Though segregation and testing to ensure compliance is a great challenge under Indian conditions, implementation is not difficult because India has only a limited number of genetically modified imports and only one commercially produced domestic crop …
