30 food testing laboratories have been established so far with the assistance of Ministry of Food Processing Industries, said Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Dr Charan Das Mahant in a written
A sum of Rs. 5,990 crore has been allocated under various schemes of the Food Processing Industries (FPI) ministry for promotion and development of the food processing sector in XIIth Five Year plan. The sector
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Dr Charan Das Mahant said that as per the latest Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) for 2011-12 (provisional), total number of persons engaged in registered
The Union Minister for Health, Ghulam Nabi Azad met Margaret Hamburg, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs, USA, during her recent visit to New Delhi. A Statement of Intent (SoI) on Cooperation in the Field
Lov Verma, a 1978-batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, working as Secretary, Department of AIDS Control under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare.
The Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Ghulam Nabi Azad launched indigenously technologies developed by the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) Hyderabad, in New Delhi on Feb 20. These include three different kits for
On the backdrop of recent food import clearance issue, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued import-related guidelines to its authorised officers. The guidelines try to clear ambiguity over labelling and other
The US Food and Drug Administration (US-FDA) announced that Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, MD will travel to India next week to further strengthen cooperation between the FDA and its Indian regulatory counterparts. She will visit
The Bombay High Court has extended the deadline for product approval and obtaining licenses by eight weeks. The new deadline is therefore 28th March 2014."In our view, taking into consideration the peculiar facts and the
Tetra Pak, a leading company in food processing and packaging has announced that it is closing down its plant in the Netherlands due to declining demand and over capacity from other Tetra Pak plants in