DuPont to Enter Strategic Collaboration on Probiotics with BY-HEALTH
DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences announced its intent to enter into a strategic collaboration with BY-HEALTH, a leading consumer health care company in China. The strategic collaboration would focus generally on research and development of probiotic dietary supplements with “new functions, new ingredients and new technologies,” including joint research on intestinal microecology and the development of […]
Spending on bread, protein-rich items fell in 2017-18
Indian households spent lesser on breads, cereals and pulses, milk and milk products, tobacco, communication and recreational activity and personal effects in 2017-18 compared with the previous fiscal, data released by the statistics office showed. As per the National Accounts Statistics 2019, the private final consumption expenditure (PFCE) on bread, cereals and pulses was Rs […]
India’s rice exports hit as Saudi Arabia makes quality rules stringent
Saudi Arabia’s new quality certification rules for imported rice has upset the plans of Indian exporters looking for a new market after the US imposed sanctions on Iran. The Saudi Food & Drug Authority (SFDA), the quality regulator, has from September 1 made it mandatory for each rice consignment to be accompanied by a Certificate […]
Tax on fish meal may impact seafood sector from October
While GST exemption granted for fish meal till this month-end has brought relief to the fisheries sector, its levy from October could hit the seafood industry as the product is a key ingredient in shrimp and fish feed. Shrimp is the major item in the seafood export from India worth over ?47,000 crore annually. Fish […]
