Food Process Industry

Coming soon, system to trace all Indian organic food to source farms

In a few months, a consumer in the European Union should be able to trace an item of organic food on his table to the specific bit of farmland in India that produced it.

Publication Date:

05/10/2009

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Agriculture, Organic Farming, Organic Foods, Food Process Industry, Exports, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, India, European Union (EU)

Agriculture

Agriculture technology should be affordable to small farmers

COIMBATORE: The technology for agriculture sector should be sustainable and affordable to small farmers too, Secretary of the Union Ministry of Agriculture, T. Nandakumar, said here on Friday.

Publication Date:

03/10/2009

Source: Hindu (Chennai)

Tags:

Agriculture, Food Process Industry, Farmers, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore (D)

Climate Change

Livestock and climate change

Whenever the causes of climate change are discussed, fossil fuels top the list.Oil, natural gas, and especially coal are indeed major sources of human-caused emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs).

Publication Date:

01/10/2009

Author(s): Robert Goodland, Jeff Anhang

Source: World Watch

Vol:

0

Issue:

0

pp:

10

Tags:

Livestock, Animal Products, Food Process Industry, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Climate Mitigation, FAO

Environment

Linking shareholder and natural value:managing biodiversity and ecosystem services risk in companies with an agricultural supply

As Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (BES) decline, this is increasingly translating to business risk and opportunity linked to reputational risk, security of supply and legal compliance.

Publication Date:

01/10/2009

Source: UNEP

Tags:

Environment, Agricultural Systems, Tobacco, Soft Drinks, Food Process Industry, Biodiversity, Industry, Ecosystem Services

Environment

The ecosystem services benchmark: a guidance document

A tool for investors to assess the management of biodiversity and ecosystem services risks and opportunities in companies with an agricultural supply chain. This document describes the Ecosystem Services Benchmark (ESB), drawing examples from its

Publication Date:

01/10/2009

Author(s): & et al, Annelisa Grigg, Zoe Cullen, Jack Foxall

Source: UNEP

Tags:

Ecosystem Services, Tobacco, Food Process Industry, Soft Drinks Industry, Biodiversity, Finance, Industry

Food Policy

Single law soon to cover food processing sector

Chennai, Sept. 30 A unified law covering the entire gamut of food processing industries is set to take effect this year-end, Mr Ashok Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, has said.

Publication Date:

01/10/2009

Source: Business Line (New Delhi)

Tags:

Food Policy, Food Process Industry, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Tamil Nadu, Chennai (D), Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI)

Energy

Biogas generation and pollution abatement from food processing industry wastewaters in fluidized-bed bioreactor

In the present studies, attempts are made to optimize digestion time, initial feed pH, feed temperature and feed flow rate (organic loading rate, OLR) for maximum yield of methane gas and maximum removal of chemical oxygen demand and biological oxygen demand (BOD) of food processing industry wastewaters in three-phase fluidized bed bioreactor.

Publication Date:

01/10/2009

Author(s): S K Masud Hossain

Source: Indian Journal of Environmental Protection

Vol:

29

Issue:

10

pp:

864

Tags:

Biogas, Food Process Industry, Micro Organisms, Methane, Wastewater Recycling, Industrial Waste Treatment, Waste To Energy, Energy

Health

Commercial breach

the association of physicians in India has decided to raise Rs 1 crore through endorsements this financial year. The decision comes a year after the Indian Medical Association, or ima, faced flak for endorsing food products. When ima had endorsed PepsiCo

Publication Date:

29/09/2009

Author(s): Ruhi Kandhari

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Food Process Industry, Soft Drinks Industry, PepsiCo, Health, Health Personnel, Finance, Advertising, Right To Information (RTI), India, Kerala

Health