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India doesn’t have standards for energy drinks: Shripad Naik

India doesn’t have standards for energy drinks: Shripad Naik

Regulation 2.10.6 (1) of the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011 prescribes the standards for carbonated water (soft drinks). However, it does not cover energy drinks.Informing this in Lok

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Harsimrat Kaur opens mega food park at Dabwala Kalan in Punjab

Harsimrat Kaur opens mega food park at Dabwala Kalan in Punjab

Inaugurating the food park, which is among the fourth such parks in the country, the Union Minister gave a clarion call for establishment of more food processing units to reduce the huge food wastage worth

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QCI signs MoU with Russian accreditation body

QCI signs MoU with Russian accreditation body

The Quality Council of India, jointly on behalf of the National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB) and the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

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Cargill opens cocoa processing facility in Asia

Cargill opens cocoa processing facility in Asia

Cargill, one of the leading companies in producing food ingredients such as starch and glucose syrup, vegetable oils and fats for application in processed foods and industrial use has inaugurated a cocoa processing facility with

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Codex needs to find new standards

Codex needs to find new standards

Started with 30 members in July 1963, Codex Alimentarius Commission, a principal joint organ of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and World Health Organisation (WHO) has grown to include 185 member governments, one member

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“With Codex harmonisation India will have global level playing field”

“With Codex harmonisation India will have global level playing field”

Harmonisation with Codex standards is being discussed in the food industry and there is a demand from the industry for harmonisation of Codex standards as that reduces many obstacles. There is lot of expectation about

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Mood, food and gut feeling

Mood, food and gut feeling

Weight, shape, and look of the body are very serious interconnected concerns in society. Dieting and exercise are normally prescribed to overcome the problem. But experience tells us that it is one of the most

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MGP hires Buttshaw to lead ingredients business

MGP hires Buttshaw to lead ingredients business

MGP, a supplier of specialty wheat proteins and starches, has announced the appointment of Michael Buttshaw to the position of Vice President of Ingredients Sales and Marketing, effective immediately.“We are excited to have Michael assume

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Prebiotics may help ease anxiety

Prebiotics may help ease anxiety

A study published in Psychopharmacology shows that a prebiotic, trans-galactooligosaccharide may help reduce anxiety and stress in healthy subjects. In the study, 45 subjects received either one of two prebiotics (fructooligosaccharides [FOS] or Bimuno-galactooligosaccharides [B-GOS])

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Heinz opens infant cereal factory in China

Heinz opens infant cereal factory in China

Heinz, one of the worlds’s leading marketers and producers of healthy, convenient and affordable foods specializing in ketchup, sauces, meals, soups, snacks and infant nutrition, has opened its largest infant cereal production plant in Foshan