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SCIEX gets FAOM classification for food allergen screening

SCIEX gets FAOM classification for food allergen screening

Sciex, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, that its highly sensitive method for analyzing food allergens has received the First Action Official Method (FAOM) classification from AOAC INTERNATIONAL’s Official Methods Board (OMB). Now

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Japanese firm Ise Foods to invest Rs 217Cr in India

Japanese firm Ise Foods to invest Rs 217Cr in India

Japan’s largest egg producer, Ise Foods, has signed a memorandum of agreement (MoU) with the Indian government with an investment commitment of Rs 217 crore. This is the first ever MoU signed by a Japanese

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FSSAI seeks cues for water vending machines

FSSAI seeks cues for water vending machines

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a notice for suggestions, views and comments from members of the World Trade Organization (WTO)-Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) committee on the draft notification relating

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Central ministry’s Portability of PDS entitlements is in progress

Central ministry’s Portability of PDS entitlements is in progress

The Centre is working on the portability of public distribution system (PDS) entitlements, and this will be progressively entitled. This was stated by Ram Vilas Paswan, minister of consumer affairs, food and public distribution, Government

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WHO cautions about failure of Antibiotics

WHO cautions about failure of Antibiotics

A report released by World Health Organisation (WHO) has stated some shocking facts. According to it, antibiotics that are currently in clinical development are insufficient to combat the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance. Most of

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Dairy farmers urge govt.to increase their MSP

Dairy farmers urge govt.to increase their MSP

In recent declared budget, Government of India decided to increase the minimum support price (MSP) for farmers by one-and-a-half times the input cost has also raised the hopes of dairy farmers.   Dairy farmers from

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FSSAI to strengthen conditions of testing labs

FSSAI to strengthen conditions of testing labs

The increasing poor conditions of the state testing labs has led the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to make major changes. FSSAI has now taken the responsibility of improving the conditions of

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Food park projects to be functional by 2020

Food park projects to be functional by 2020

According to senior official with the Harsimrat Kaur Badal-led ministry till 2020 all MoFPI’s pending projects are expected to become operational. Currently, only nine mega food parks are functional. Six are expected to be up

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ISMA urges govt to export sugar

ISMA urges govt to export sugar

With a sharp increase in output in the first three months of the current cane crushing season, the Indian Sugar Mills Association (Isma) has raised the country’s production forecast by four per cent or one

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Govt to get GI certification for Araku Coffee

Govt to get GI certification for Araku Coffee

Coffee Board, under the Union commerce & industry ministry, has applied for the registration of Araku coffee under Geographical Indications (GI) to protect the unique identity of the coffee, grown by the tribal community of