In an order passed on 21st January 2015, FSSAI has clarified who are the FBOs who will be permitted from exemption from FSS (Licensing and Registration of Food Businesses) Regulations 2011. FSSAI has also laid down the criteria under which such exemption will be granted. Up till now registration exemption was permitted for a producer […]
Archives for January 2015
Sugar Industry Looking Forward to Extension of Export Subsidy on Raw Sugar
Food Minister, Ram Vilas Paswan has approved the proposal to extend the export sugar subsidy as the sugar industry has huge stocks of sugar surplus. The prices of sugar are low and the approval of export subsidy of Rs. 4,000 per tonne of sugar has come as a ray of hope for both the sugar […]
Indian Government Keen to Produce Quality Spices for Competitive Edge
Speaking at the National Conference on Development and Export of Spices, Union Agricultural Minister, Radha Mohan Singh said that if India is to gain a competitive edge in the spice trade then they will have to produce quality spices. These need to be branded and packaged accordingly to meet the requirements of the discerning US […]