Industry

Make GM labelling mandatory

Greenpeace India has called for mandatory labelling of genetically modified foods that are used by various food brands. The green organisation, which released a report ranking 16 leading brands, said Nestle, Cadbury, Kellogg, Britannia and Safal were among the

Publication Date: 
10/09/2009
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ecolabelling, Food Process Industry, GM Crops, Greenpeace
Health

Packaged food to be distributed in anganwadis

Harda: In order to combat malnutrition among children and expectant mothers, the district administration has been geared up to provide nutrient-enriched packaged food every week at anagnwadis, official sources said today.

The scheme would be implemented shortly in which young children and expectant mothers would be benefitted.

Publication Date: 
05/09/2009
Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
Tags:
Nutrition, Malnutrition, Food Process Industry, People, Child Health, Madhya Pradesh
Forests

Value addition to forest produce for nutrition and livelihood

Developing countries are being encouraged to diversify their food exports by developing new products and adding more value to existing ones. Adding value to and diversifying food exports depends not only on changing production but also processing systems. The traditional Indian fruits are very rich in nutritional parameters and a variety of by-products can also be prepared from them.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2009
Dheeraj Singh, M. Chaudhary, P. S. Chauhan & et al
Indian Forester
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Tags:
Forests, Horticulture, Nutrition, Food Process Industry, Forest Products, India, Indian Forester, Dheeraj Singh, M. Chaudhary, P. S. Chauhan & et al
Climate Change

GHG emission reductions with industrial biotechnology: assessing the opportunities

The report underscores the need for strong public policies to help realize the potential of industrial biotech and recommends initiatives such as pollution costs charged to petrol-based materials, investment in advanced waste management technologies, and labeling systems for bio-based products.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2009
Marco Buttazzoni
WWF
Tags:
Land Use, Food Process Industry, Carbon Dioxide, Ethanol, Green House Gases, Biofuel, Fossil Fuels, Biotechnology, India, Global
Food Policy

Safe food guide: a consumers guide to GM free food

The Greenpeace India guide to GM-free food that gives consumers an insight into the positions of food brands, on the use of genetically modified ingredients. Has categorized 17 food companies in India into 'red list' & 'green list' based on their policy on the use of GM ingredients.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2009
Shivani Shah, Jai Krishna, Nelson Caravalho
Greenpeace India
Tags:
Vegetables, Milk Products, Food Contamination, Processed Foods, Soft Drinks, Food Process Industry, GM Crops, Pesticides And Toxins, Food Safety, China, Brazil, India, European Union (EU)
Food Policy

Govt to put food processing policy in force

BHUBANESWAR: Taking into account the immense export potential and employment generation capacity of the agro and food processing sector, the Orissa Government is all set to put in force a comprehensive State Food Processing Policy soon.

Publication Date: 
29/08/2009
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Food Policy, Food Process Industry, Agro-Based Industry, Orissa (Odisha)
Industry

Processing units in Kolar

A proposal to set up tomato processing units in the district

Publication Date: 
19/08/2009
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Food Process Industry, Agro-Based Industry, Karnataka, Kolar
Agriculture

Corporate retail: Dangerous implications for Indias economy

Rather than being a panacea for Indian agriculture, corporate food provision will likely accelerate many key elements of India

Publication Date: 
08/08/2009
Shankar Gopalakrishnan, Priya Sreenivasa
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Agriculture, Food Prices, Food Standards, Food Process Industry, Food Preservation, Health Effects, Farmers, Informal Sector, Unemployment, Agro-Based Industry, India, Food Security
Agriculture

Ginger cultivation brings smiles to faces of unemployed youths

Two factors

Publication Date: 
03/08/2009
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Agriculture, Horticulture, Food Process Industry, Farmers, Assam
Food Policy

New food processing policy soon: Subodh Kant

NEW DELHI: The Centre has decided to formulate a separate policy for the food processing sector to accord commercial orientation to this strain of economic activity.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Policy, Food Process Industry, Ministry of Food Processing Industries

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