Processed foods and primary agricultural products, such as rice, atta and dal, should be classified as tax free when the government introduces its Goods and Service Tax (GST) next year, urges the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham).
The dramatic push to develop India’s food processing sector continued this week after it was revealed the Government was in talks with banks to set up a venture capital fund for the sector.
The upsurge in the Indian food processing industry continues as US secretary of state Hillary Clinton backed government expansion plans and the groundwork was laid to bring overseas expertise to the sector.
The Indian Government has unveiled ambitious plans to help set up as many as 350 food processing units over the next 100 days as part of what it calls the country’s Evergreen Revolution.
Poland’s food processing industry will show little or no sign of the turmoil that impacted the global economy last year, according to a new report from international research consultants RNCOS.
Awareness of current and upcoming developments in the use of nanotechnical tools for foods and packaging can inspire new understanding and ideas in decision makers working in the food processing and packaging sectors, claims Lund University.
The introduction of novel and value-added products and additive
free foods is boosting the use of antimicrobials in almost all food
processing segments, according to a new report.
COLOGNE, Germany: The food industry's latest technology and
machinery are on display beginning today in this city straddling
the Rhine, with equipment suppliers targeting convenience foods and
aseptic packaging as growth areas.
Newly published salt reduction targets have been cautiously
welcomed by the UK food industry as being 'more realistic than the
2005 proposals', though health campaigners are furious.
The number one influence on whether to buy food processing
equipment was whether it lived up to its specifications rather than
whether it was too costly, according to a survey by amanufacturing
supplier.
Food and beverage companies can expect declining prices for
processing equipment to continue for another three years, according
to a study by Frost & Sullivan.
From gleaming stainless steel valves to industrial scale kettles,
the guts of Winn-Dixie's failed food business are displayed on the
Internet as equipment from two of the company's plants are put up
for auction.
A major private label supplier, which plans to launch low-fat,
low-carb and gluten-free products to meet growing consumer health
demands, says flexibility in production and a variety of income
sources is vital in the blossoming UK...
A leading French food scientist has identified the drive to achieve
smaller, more integrated machinery as a key trend in food
production, and says that most advances can be found in the
packaging sector.
The industrial gas division of German equipment provider, Linde,
has launched Biogon, a range of pure gases and gas mixtures,
compatible with increasingly stringent measures being introduced
throughout the region.
Pushed by a UK minister, food makers handed in plans at the weekend
to slash the salt content in processed foods but the industry has
criticised the government move, suspecting political
spin,reports Lindsey Partos.
Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products (QEPP) has launched a new
line of food compliant materials (FCM) that will allow food
manufacturers to meet the European Union's Directive 2002/72/EC on
food-contact materials.
Sherwood Technology new DataLase has been voted as one of the best
products in the Technological Development of the Year category at
the Food Processing Awards 2004.
Danish ingredients firm Chr Hansen has benefited from the growing
demand by food makers for natural colours. Higher sales of natural
colours helped to lift profit figures in a third quarter that also
gained from the increasing popularity...
The Australian food industry was likely to remain an importer of
innovative food and drink technology rather than an exporter, the
chairman of consumer product giant Unilever's Australasian
operations said on Friday, according...
A new report on optimising food texture and rheology has been
published to help food manufacturers achieve the specific qualities
consumers are looking for, reports Anthony Fletcher.
In the same week that the US food watchdog releases new findings on
the presence of acrylamide, the probable human carcinogen, in
processed food products, the American Chemical society will
dedicate an entire symposium to this sensitive...
This year's Foodex Meatex exhibition - which the organisers believe
could be the most successful yet - promises to showcase the latest
innovations in meat processing. A quick look at a couple of planned
product launches suggests...
An automated product-inspection prototype promises to revolutionise
the baking industry. The technology, currently under development by
the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) working alongside local
bakery Flowers, uses continuous...
Shake-up for salt use in processed food continues with UK food
agency unveiling a new salt model to investigate the effects of
reducing salt content in different food groups on consumers.
Meyn has announced that Convenience Food Systems will start to
offer support services for the company's further processing
requirements in the Netherlands.
A strong performance from its Tree of Life business in Europe gave
Dutch food group Wessanen something to smile about in 2002 -
otherwise the year was marked by more disposals and continued
problems at the US arm.
In India some 36 proposals to establish business parks have been
given the go-ahead as the country rapidly forges ahead with plans
to develop its food processing industry
Japan's Nippon Meat Packers, battered by a beef mislabelling
scandal, will give results of an investigation today at a news
conference in which its founder is expected to resign as chairman.
The Indian state of Karnataka has said that the food processing
industry will have to upgrade technologically and produce
world-class products in order to survive in competitive markets,
the Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, has said.
In the US Texas A&M University's Rosenthal Meat Science and
Technology Center is involved in testing a new food processing
safety system, called Sentry9000.