Codex meet to develop standards for spices, herbs
The Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) will hold its fourth session here this month to deliberate on draft standards for selected spices and herbs and facilitate adoption of more standards that would eliminate trade barriers and strengthen and harmonise the global food sector without compromising on safety. The five-day event, to be […]
Drive to ensure supply of hygienic food at religious places
Food served at religious places will now come under the scanner of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) with the Authority launching a new drive, Blissful Hygienic Offering to God (BHOG). This follows a series of food poisoning incidents in recent times at religious places where charity food is often served by […]
Parag Milk launches cow milk in NCR at Rs 120/litre; to airlift milk from dairy farm at Pune
Parag Milk Foods Ltd will supply 10,000 litres of premium fresh cow milk per day in the Delhi-NCR market directly to customers by airlifting the product from its dairy farm near Pune, a top company official said. Parag Milk, which posted Rs 1,950 crore turnover last fiscal, has three plants in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and […]
Experts bat for long-term solution to farmers’ woes at BS Round Table
The government is working on ways to enable farmers to sell at remunerative prices and go for less costlier agriculture. Business Standard Agriculture Round Table here, P K Swain, joint secretary, marketing and agriculture market intelligence, agriculture ministry, said they had states to integrate the eNAM, the in-the-works online trading platform with rural ‘haats’ (traditional […]
