IndiaRetailing.Com reports that in an effort to streamline and simplify regulations for the food service industry, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has planned to implement: The appointment Food Safety Supervisors - In a pilot testing phase, the training and certification of Food Safety Supervisors has already been...
India's Nutraceuticals Market to Reach $6.1 Billion by 2020
According to 'Emerging Indian Nutraceutical Market', by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India and business consultancy services firm RNCOS, the Indian nutraceuticals market is projected to touch to $6.1 billion by 2020. "Higher purchasing power has prompted Indians to be more health conscious and adopt a healthy diet routine completed with...
Indian Regulator Develops Standards for Imported Meat Products
India's food safety agency Food Safety and Standards Authority of India notified the draft norms for regulating microbes in meat and meat products which are imported. The existing norms covered the category "Microbiological requirements of food products" and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India now wants to include...
Ice Cream Sales Rise 20% Annually in India
“The sales of ice cream doubled between 2007 and 2012, and are expected to do so again in the five years ending 2017, reaching $1.1 billion. The ice cream industry is seeing double-digit growth year-on-year,” says Aziz Hafizi, president of Pastonji Brand and Holding Private Ltd., a company that manufactures...
Food Safety Regulatory Systems to Be Strengthened in India
The National Health Mission program of the health and family welfare ministry in India aims to revamp the food safety regulatory systems both at the federal and state levels at a cost of $28 million. The federal Food Safety and Standards Authority of India headquarters, its field offices, e-governance and...