Diversified state-run company Andrew Yule will spend Rs 24 crore on two bought-leaf factories it plans to set up in the tea-growing areas of India’s northeast, seeking to cushion the business against capacity constraints in
A group of consumer goods makers and retailers including Kellogg Co, Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Nestle SA and Unilever Plc plans to simplify and standardize food date labels to reduce food wastage. The standardized labeling
After generating lot of concern and heated controversy, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), the governing body of the Sri Venkateswara temple atop Tirumala, has managed to get their hands on license from the Food Safety
As many as 733 ayurveda students in Jaipur entered the Guinness Book of World Record for most people receiving ’Naysa Karm’, an ayurvedic treatment, simultaneously for over seven minutes. ’Nasya karm’ (treatment) refers to
Mumbai’s Viviana Mall becomes the first shopping centre of the country to arrange Food Safety Training and Certification (FOSTAC) as per the guidelines set by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). This training
Sri Sri Ayurveda which is the FMCG brand from spiritual leader, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar will be launching its products in 30 more countries, taking the total number of countries it is available from 33
The ministry of food processing industries (MoFPI) has sought proposals from institutions for a research and development (R&D) programme in various categories and sub-sectors related to food processing. According to the ministry, the R&D
At least five leading restaurant and foods firms namely Hardcastle, Jubilant, Speciality, Moon Beverages, Lite Bite are keen to partner with McDonald’s They have either written to McDonald’s or showed interest in the US
In a move to help the farmers, clear surplus stock and give farmers better price for their produce, the Centre has lifted the export ban on certain varieties of pulses. India had banned export of
The Rs 800-crore Keventer Agro Ltd (KAL), the flagship enterprise of the Rs. 1,800- crore Keventer Group has raised capital worth $25 million (approximately Rs. 170 crore) from Mandala Capital, a private equity (PE) firm