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Food consumer companies at TATA step up collaboration

Food consumer companies at TATA step up collaboration

Tata Chemicals, Tata Global Beverages and Star Bazaar have stepped up collaboration in the food consumer space as multiple Tata group companies explore opportunities to work together as a cluster, a strategy suggested by Tata

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Packaged food awaiting trademark likely to get 5% GST

Packaged food awaiting trademark likely to get 5% GST

Packaged food products sold under names that are yet to receive trademark confirmation could attract a goods and services tax (GST) rate of 5 per cent, ending the exemption they enjoy now.   The GST

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FSSAI disposes massive quantity of food products and tobacco items

FSSAI disposes massive quantity of food products and tobacco items

In a move to raise the safety and food quality bar, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has disposed of a massive quantity of food products and tobacco items. According to the report,

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SIU to conduct research for improving mango flavour

SIU to conduct research for improving mango flavour

Dr Ram Kulkarni, assistant professor at the School of Biological Sciences, Symbiosis International University (SIU), India, has recently been announced as the recipient of a US$72,000 grant awarded by Department of Science and Technology, Government

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Gujarat hits the top spot in chastising meat sellers

Gujarat hits the top spot in chastising meat sellers

In a recently released report by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSA), revealed that Gujarat state tops the country in penalizing meat and meat product sellers and slaughterhouses. The report states that state,

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Macrae World Bank Consultant advises FSSAI for international engagements

Macrae World Bank Consultant advises FSSAI for international engagements

In his recent media outing, Donald Macare, Senior Consultant, Regulatory Reform, World Bank Group, has recommended India’s apex food regulators, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to seek some international engagements with middle-income

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Vitamin D deficiency reaching alarming proportions in India

Vitamin D deficiency reaching alarming proportions in India

“If not managed on priority, a large population of Indians, including infants, suffering from Vitamin D deficiency, run a huge risk of suffering from rickets, osteoporosis, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer and infections such as tuberculosis.”

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National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute & Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing Campus inaugurated by Harsh Vardhan

National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute & Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing Campus inaugurated by Harsh Vardhan

National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI) and Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing (CIAB) in Punjab was recently inaugurated by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Science & Technology & Earth Sciences, Environment, Forest & Climate

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FSSAI amends rules for food safety

FSSAI amends rules for food safety

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), in a bid to ensure uniformity in the method of testing food samples in laboratories and avoid variations in results, has issued a notice stating that

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FSSAI announces a Special Food Fortification Champion Award for Nav Bharat Flour Mills

FSSAI announces a Special Food Fortification Champion Award for Nav Bharat Flour Mills

Nav Bharat Flour Mills has received appreciation from Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). The mill has been selected for the Food Fortification Champion Award for the Fortification of Wheat Flour at the