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rom now, the state government will bear the cost of incentives given under the National Mission on Food Processing Scheme to investors.Reason: The Central government has stopped funding the scheme from the current fiscal. At a time when the state government is grappling with fund crunch, an additional burden of Rs 6 crore to Rs 7 crore will have to be borne by it. The scheme, which was introduced in 2012, was supposed to provide funding in the 75:25 ratio from the Central and state governments, respectively. The state government was provided with Rs 2.69 crore under the scheme initially, which was approved under the 12th Five Year Plan. The investors were supposed to get various incentives from the Centre after setting up their projects. These incentives included 33 per cent cost of plant and machinery, 50 per cent assistance for setting up integrated cold chain, maximum of Rs 3 lakh for Human Resource Development, up to Rs 4 lakh for promotional activities, up to Rs 2.5 crore for setting up primary processing centres, up to Rs 5 lakh for modernisation of meat shops and financial assistance of as much as 50 lakh for purchase of vehicles for facilitating these activities.

A global consultant, Grant Thornton, was also hired to prepare a vision on what activities were supposed to be undertaken in the state and several projects were sanctioned in the last about two years. Industries Minister Mukesh Agnihotri, when quizzed on the future of those who had invested under the scheme, said the state government would carry forward the scheme which was helpful to promote the food processing industry in the state. Director, Industries, Rajinder Singh said a proposal had been sent to the state government to ensure continuance of this scheme by the state government in the future and efforts were also afoot to seek Central funds for the investors. He said a liability of Rs 4 crore was incurred annually through the scheme and about 40 food processing projects had till now been approved. While no project has been approved after March, the investors desirous of investing under the project, continued to send their proposals to the Industries Department, said sources. The discontinuation of the scheme was a major blow to the state as several big projects were in the midst of seeking approval and once set up, they would have helped in making available ready market to the horticulture and agrarian produce of the state.

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42 new Mega Food Parks in next four years:

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processing industry sector as a priority sector and the Rs 2,000-crore corpus provided to Nabard will provide the much-needed fillip to entrepreneurs venturing into this sector,â&#x20AC;? Badal said.

he Narendra Modigovernment would set up as many as 42 mega food parks across the country in the next three to four years, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Union Minister for Food Processing Industries, said. Badal also said that the government had provided Rs 2000 crore for a corpus fund to be handled by NABARD, from which entrepreneurs willing to set up food processing units would get finance at rates much lower than those offered by banks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Reserve Bank of India has marked the food

The union minister also said that while the BJPled government had allocated over Rs 53,000 crores for the Northeast in the current budget, the primary focus was on agriculture, horticulture and other sectors that would provide large-scale employment on the basis of natural resources available in the region. The prime minister has already announced establishment of six new agricultural colleges for the Northeast. He has also unveiled a separate Northeast organic farming mission. Sikkim has already emerged as a 100 per cent organic state, and a formal declaration will be made in December,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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Food Processing hub in the world: Harsimrat Kaur Badal

he government is aiming to make India the largest food processing hub in the world, Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said. Addressing the Food Conclave here organised by the CII, Badal said the government has recently allocated remaining 17 food parks out of the total sanctioned 42 Mega Food Parks. Besides, the Centre has also set up a special fund of Rs 2,000 crore for providing finance to the small units to be set up under these food parks, Badal said. ..much of the wastage in India takes place at the farming, harvesting and storage levels unlike in the West where it takes place on the plate. Vision of the government is to ensure that India graduates from being the largest producer of food to processor of food," Badal said.

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manufacturing growth. "Given the huge production base of the country, the sector is very well positioned to elevate the agricultural economy, raise farmer incomes, and generate employment," Khambatta said. In March this year, Food Processing Ministry had allocated 17 mega food parks across the country to state governments and private firms, including Adani Ports & SEZ, envisaging an investment of over Rs 6,000 crore. A mega food park provides various facilities to food processors, farmers, retailers and exporters, helping achieve faster growth of food processing industries. The total projected cost to set up these 17 mega food parks would be Rs 2,030 crore, of which the central grant would be Rs 850 crore

Emphasising on the role of food processing sector in the country, Rasna Chairman and Managing Director PiruzKhambatta said during the past 5 years (ending 2012-13), the sector grew at 8.4 per cent compared to 3.3 per cent agricultural growth and 6.6 per cent

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Regulator objects to energy drinks

he Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has ordered a ban on the sale and manufacture of several energy drinks in the country, including Monster Energy and Monster Energy Absolutely Zero, citing health concerns. According to the FSSAI order, dated May 8, a copy of which is with TOI, the decision is based on a report by its scientific panel which found that Monster Energy has an irrational combination of caffeine and ginseng, which have opposing effect on human body. Monster Energy Absolutely Zero, the panel claimed, contains vitamins (Vitamins B2, B3, B6 and B12) above the recommended daily allowance. "This is not the first time the FSSAI has withdrawn No Objection Certificate for an energy drink. The regulatory body had issued similar orders against Tzinga Energy Drink, inclusive of its multiple variants, on April 22," said Amit Khurana, programme manager, food safety and toxins at Center for Science and Environment (CSE). He said CSE also, in one of its studies, has found that as many as 44% of the samples of energy drink contained more than 145 ppm of caffeineâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; the standard for carbonated beverages. The health impact of energy drinks was also highlighted by the WHO report in 2014, which had warned that the increased consumption of the caffeinated beverage may pose a danger to public health. Dr Anoop Misra, director, Fortic C-Doc Center for Excellence for Diabetes, Metabolic Diseases and Endocrinology, said energy drinks are a rage among teenagers these days. "Often, children consume energy drinks thinking that it boosts their energy and they will be able to concentrate more but gradually they get addicted to it. It causes sleep disturbances, dizziness and nervousness," he said.

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Your Maggi May Not Be Safe!

Officials Find High Levels of MSG and Lead, Call For Nationwide Ban

he 2-minute noodles 'Maggi' has come under regulatory scanner after samples collected in some parts of Uttar Pradesh were found containing added monosodium glutamate (MSG) and lead in excess of the permissible limit, official sources said. The Lucknow Food Safety and Drug Administration has initiated inquiry and written to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) in New Delhi seeking to cancel the licence for Maggi. The state regulator has also asked FSSAI to order sampling of the product from across the country to check quality, officials said. "We have tested Maggi samples at Kolkata's referral laboratory. The test results show that there are added monosodium glutamate and excess of lead. We have ordered further sampling," said FSDA Assistant Commissioner Vijay Bahadur.

Food safety body issues alert over recalled

However, Nestle, which manufactures Maggi, maintains that it does not add monosodium glutamate to the product, whereas presence of excess lead is "surprising" for the company. "We do not add MSG to MAGGI Noodles and glutamate, if present, may come from naturally occurring sources. Food regulators in India also do not specify any limit for the presence of MSG / Glutamate," a Nestle spokesperson said. He said, "We are surprised with the lead content supposedly found in the sample. We monitor

the lead content regularly as part of regulatory requirements, and tests at our own accredited laboratories as well as those by independent external accredited laboratories have consistently shown the results to be well within the permissible limit." According to Yadav, test results showed Maggi containing 17 parts per million lead, whereas the permissible limit is 0.01ppm. Nestle says its records show lead content is negligible and less than 1 % of the fixed limit. Monosodium glutamate, a kind of amino acid

which occurs naturally in many agricultural products, is often also added artificially to packaged food to enhance flavor. Regulators and experts say such additives can be harmful for health, mainly for children. Food safety regulations mandate companies to specify on the packaging if MSG has been added. When contacted, FSSAI said it will examine the case once it receives a detail report from UP and will immediately order sampling from other states. "Enforcement of the Act lies with state government and they must keep a stringent check. Once we receive communication from the state, we will certainly examine and take immediate cognizance," a senior FSSAI official said. Nestle said so far it has not been informed about any cancellation of license or ban on the product. It also maintains that Maggi noodles "conform to all applicable food laws and regulations"

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here has been immense growth and potential in the processed food sectors in the recent years. This is mainly because the end consumer has become more aware, flexible and open to changes in

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‘Disputed’ Maggi Noodles being sold in Dubai supermarkets only.” They have also slashed the price for Meri Masala Maggi, the hugely popular 2-minute noodles in India that is at the centre of the controversy. In one supermarket in Al Quoz, the offer on Meri Masala Maggi was highlighted with a special display board. A shopkeeper said the product had newly arrived just a week or so before.

n an apparent stock clearance of Indianmanufactured Maggi Noodles that have courted controversy in India, some Dubai supermarkets are offering them on promotional rates, despite the packages mentioning that they are meant for sale only in India, Nepal and Bhutan. Safety of some Indian-manufactured Maggi Noodles was reportedly under the scanner after officials in the state of Uttar Pradesh recently claimed to have found “dangerous” levels of lead and added monosodium glutamate (MSG), a taste enhancer. The dust over the controversy hasn’t settled even after Nestlé India challenged the order to recall that particular batch of the product of some 200,000 packs, which, the company says, had already reached the “best before date” in November 2014. Many have reportedly stopped buying Maggi over there. Things are expected to be clear after the announcement of further tests, including the one ordered by Nestlé to be held by an independent third party. In Dubai also, the Dubai Municipality officials had said they were conducting tests on the products available here in view of the reports from India even as Nestlé Middle East assured of “safety and compliance with the highest quality standards for all Maggi Noodles in the region.” However, it was found out that a few supermarket chains, mainly those catering to Indian expatriates, are selling at least two flavours of Maggi Noodles made in India, the wrappers of which clearly mention –“For sale in India, Nepal and Bhutan

“It was sold for 75fils per pack a couple of days back. Now, it’s been changed to Dh1.25,” he said. The price of all other flavours available in the same store was Dh1.50 per single pack. When contacted, the general manager of the supermarket chain, however said, the company had been selling the Indian varieties of Maggi for a year and with the permission of the municipality. “We have also voluntarily provided samples to the municipality for testing after we got the message about the issue in India. But, the results haven’t come yet,” he said, defending the promotion as a normal affair. Another store in Umm Suqeim was also selling the single pack for Dh1.25. However, there was no discount offered for the Grain Shakti Veg Atta Noodles, another Indian variety, which is also to be sold in those three countries only. Other flavours of Maggi Noodles packets sold in the UAE, such as chicken, curry, cheese, biryani, vegetable and Maggi MiGoreng fried noodles are made by Nestlé Manufacturing in Malaysia and carry Arabic translation of product details on the package itself. In the case of the Indian varieties being sold here, ingredients of the products are written in Arabic, a mandatory requirement as per the municipality, in stickers, which is apparently permitted by the municipality. Dubai Municipality officials could not be reached for comments before going to the press.

Emphasis on Food Processing Sector like Thailand,alaysia Collection centres would also be set up in five districts of Sibsagar, Karbi Anglong, Sonitpur, Darrang and Kokrajhar in the state for collection of raw materials for the Mega Food Park, Badal said. Three cold storages would also be set up in Nagaon, Kajalgaon and Chaygaon areas, she added.

rime Minister Narendra Modi has emphasized on development of food processing sector in the country on the lines of Thailand and Malaysia, Union Minister for Food Processing Harsimrat Kaur Badal said. "As a result of the importance given to the industry, the Centre has decided to reopen the North East Mega Park and provide Rs 50 crore for the purpose," Badal said while inaugurating the Park at Natkuchi in Assam's Nalbari district. The park would be developed along the lines of Thailand and Malaysia with emphasis on establishing linkage with farmers and market leading to exploration of new markets, the Minister said.

Speaking on the occasion, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said as food processing has more demand in the state in particular and across the whole nation in general, the new food processing park would prevent the waste of agricultural products. Gogoi also urged the Centre to provide more incentives to attract investors to the state. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju, who also attended the inaugural programme, said the processed food could be exported to neighbouring countries and the Park was expected to change the economic face of the region. The North East Mega Food Park was set up at a cost of Rs 2.50 crore and an annual turnover of Rs 400 to 500 crore was expected from it.

Why Global Burger joints want no Beef with India

nternational burgers eating into India's spicy street food market have bulged over the past decade. But the global chains, reluctant to pick bones with local laws and beliefs in the world's second most populous nation, are staying off beef and pork as they clash for a larger slice of the country's succulent fast-food industry. Wendy's, the world's third largest hamburger conglomerate after McDonald's and Burger King, joined the battle for the Indian palate earlier in May. But the Ohio-based firm, in a public display of nerves, replaced its never-frozen, North American beef with socially-acceptable chicken and mutton burgers and six vegetarian offerings to boot. Earlier this year, Maharashtra and Haryana outlawed the sale and consumption of beef and laid down long prison terms and stiff fines for those who slaughter cows, revered as holy by many Hindus in India, the world's largest buffalo meat exporter. "We thought hard about whether to do beef, but not doing so was a simple decision," Jasper Reid, a director of Sierra Nevada, one of Wendy's domestic franchisees, told. "Wendy's is a brand that aspires to establish many restaurants in India. (And) to this extent, we felt the market for beef is not deep enough in India," Reid said. Despite local sentiments, beef, largely buffalo meat, is widely traded and served in street eateries in wide swathes of India, market observers say. In the country's seven meat-eating northeastern states, the consumption of meat products has never been formally charted and regulated. "If many more Indian customers want beef, then we're one of the world leaders in beef and feel like we would be in a good position to meet the demand. We shall keep listening to what customers want," Reid added. Life beyond Beef The McDonald's wagon rolled into India in 1996 despite fears of being outgunned by the ubiquitous tiffin box, Mumbai's formidable dabbawallahs, vada paav and spicy chaat. The Illinois-based company is also a participant in the beef-less race to sink its teeth deeper into the domestic quickservice restaurant industry, which is estimated to grow beyond Rs 7,000 crore ($1.12 billion) by 2016. The sector is seen to be posting a mouthwatering 25 percent growth a year. McDonald's compatriot and closest rival Burger King waited 18 years before it opened outlets last year in some cities in India. But, then again, it too said it wanted no beef with local authorities,

perhaps meaning the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party which swept into power in May last year. Its poll manifesto promises to put the cow on a cultural pedestal. "When we decided to enter the Indian market, we had the challenge of creating a menu to suit the diverse product and taste preferences of customers, especially with regard to having a special vegetarian menu (and) hence, we decided to take a deep dive," Burger King India CEO Rajeev Varman told. High stakes in India More than a quarter of its billion-plus population is young and eager-to-splurge, mostly on outdoor dining. Traditions and inhibitions are roadblocks to eating habits and most fast-food chains say they respect the sentiments in the largely-conservative South Asian nation, wedged between beef-eating Bangladesh and Pakistan. Carl's Jr. is the latest to tug on the doorbells in India, which despite being the new Promised Land for junk-food providers, remain 10th in size of China's fast-food market. The Americanbased restaurant chain, likely to open shop next month, appeared too eager to echo the same caution as its larger country cousins, many of which have penetrated India's grade-two towns with their beef-less tag. "Carl's Jr.'s entry into foreign markets is always based on years of research which includes the study and appreciation of cultural habits, religious sentiments and local palates and as such beef and pork are meats that will not be on offer in India and in fact special care is being taken to ensure that vegetarian and non-vegetarian cook lines are completely distinctive and that there is special handling and distinctive serving of vegetarian and chicken products," Sana Chopra, executive director, BrightStar Restaurants Pvt. Ltd, the agency bringing the chain into India, told. Desi Rules The global giants are also learning fast from India's spice street and are bringing in the teekha, meetha and chatpata flavours into many of their desi helpings such as McAloo Tikki burger or Wendy's ultimate paneer burger. India has a little over 2,700 chain fastfood outlets although a third of the country's population belongs to the age group of 10 and 24. But the industry is likely to balloon as India's Hindu nationalist government promises to empower the upcoming generation, which does not seem too mindful of what they eat and how much they cost.

MSME meet to focus on value added Agriculture, Food Processing

alue-added agriculture and food processing are regarded as sun-rise sector of Karnataka’s economy in view of its large potential for economic growth. Mysuru-based CSIR-CFTRI is inherently linked to this sector with a number of initiatives in the areas of post-harvest technology. It has over 300 technologies in its repository and most of them have been successfully transferred to industries. With this background, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Mysuru in partnership with CSIRCFTRI and NABARD is organizing an ‘MSME Meet 2015: Value Added Agriculture and Food Processing’ here on May 29. The event will be held in the campus of CFTRI at 9:30 a.m. The objective is to showcase processing technologies

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developed by CFTRI in the areas of grains/fruits and vegetables/spices which are commercially attractive, nutritionally superior and safe food products for immediate adoption by MSMEs and aspiring entrepreneurs, a release by CII said. CFTRI is involved in technology transfer, training, mentoring and providing customized turn-key solution in the advanced areas of food research. CSIR-CFTRI will also conduct technology demonstration/visit to laboratories and food processing pilot plant. Successful entrepreneurs’ case studies and financial options from lending institutions will be also discussed, the release added. Over 150 MSME food processing industries and aspiring entrepreneurs in this sector are expected to participate.

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Scientists to submit GM Wheat procurement up 5 lakh Mustard report to government tonnes this year by the Ministry of Food and Public Distribution. Procurement during the previous year is estimated at 262.86 lt. For the 201415 season, Punjab procured over 98.66 lt of the foodgrain, while neighbouring Haryana crossed its procurement target for the season by lifting 67.55 lt.

he procurement of wheat by government agencies has surpassed the 2013-14 mark by 5 lakh tonnes (lt).

“Wheat procurement during the current marketing season has crossed the last year mark...till May 6 this season, 267,06,313 tonnes of wheat has been procured by Government agencies in various wheat growing States,” said the statement released

Among other important wheat-growing States, agencies in Madhya Pradesh picked up 72.61 lt, while 15.63 lt had been procured in Uttar Pradesh and 11.81 lt in Rajasthan. Unseasonal showers and hailstorms from endFebruary through early-April had ruined standing crop in almost every major wheat producing State. Production in 2014-15, according to the third advance estimate, is expected to fall to 907.8 lt from the record output of 958.5 lt the previous year.

Inflation under check; Global Economy, Agri a challenge: FM

inance Minister Arun Jaitley said inflation has been brought under control in the past one year but global economy and agrarian situation as well as domestic investments pose challenge to the Indian economy. Addressing his second press conference in as many days to highlight achievements of Narendra Modi government in first year in office, Jaitley said "restlessness" of people for the economy to grow at a faster pace should put pressure on Congress to shed anti-growth and anti-development agenda. "In the past one year inflation has been under control to a great extent...Overall inflation situation has been much better than it has been in the past one decade," he said. While the decline in international oil and commodity prices have helped cool inflation, the government too has taken steps to control food inflation that has led to both wholesale and retail inflation come down from a peak of 11 percent , he said.

Asked about the challenges facing the economy, Finance Minister said global economic situation and domestic agrarian scenario were a challenge. "Domestic investment has to pick up, that is a challenge and even though on economic front we have succeeded in some areas...these are three areas where there are challenges," he said, adding the global economic situation was beyond the control of the government. Listing out initiatives of the government, Jaitley said the financial inclusion and social security schemes have been a big success with over 15 crore Jan Dhan accounts being opened and 7.5 crore people availing life and accidental insurance cover under the Jan Suraksha and Jeevan Jyoti schemes. The government, he said, wants to more than double the insurance coverage to 4050 percent in the near-term. With 11 percent of population having pension plans, the Atal Pension Yojana wants to "make India into a far bigger pensioned society". "If India grows by 7.5 percent , India should never be satisfied. We have to aspire for more and this aspiration and restlessness of people should be a pressure on parties, especially Congress, which have adopted an anti-growth and anti-development agenda," Jaitley said. The wholesale inflation dropped to a record low of (-)2.65 percent and the retail inflation was at a four year low of 4.87 percent in April.

M&M to buy 33% in Mitsubishi Agri Machinery for $25 mn

ahindra and Mahindra Ltd (M&M) said it will buy 33% stake in Japan’s Mitsubishi Agricultural Machinery Co. Ltd for ¥3 billion ($25 million). In a stock exchange notice, M&M said the two companies will jointly develop products such as tractors and farm equipment. M&M will acquire the stake through a fresh issue of common shares and non-voting or Class A

shares, the company said, adding the deal will be closed by 1 October. “This will enable strategic growth avenues for Mitsubishi Agricultural Machinery through Mahindra USA, China and other international markets thereby speeding up international expansion. It will also provide a platform for both the companies to leverage technology and product development synergies,” said Rajesh Jejurikar, president and chief executive (farm equipment and two-wheeler division), M&M. Mitsubishi Agriculture, which is a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, makes tractors, harvesters and transplanters. Besides Japan, it is present in several southeast Asian countries and the US, and had a turnover of $408 million in 2015. M&M is India’s leading farm equipment and tractor maker.

ndian scientists have completed final trials of a genetically modified (GM) variety of mustard and will submit a report to the government in a month, hoping to win over stiff opposition to make it the country's first commercial transgenic food crop.

A powerful farmers group close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is one of the biggest critics of GM crops and wants the government to stop all field trials saying they "will destroy the entire agrarian economy". Allowing GM crops is critical to Modi's goal of boosting farm productivity in India, where urbanization is devouring arable land and population growth will mean there are 1.5 billion mouths to feed by 2030 - more even than China. India imports about 60 percent of its edible oil needs at an annual cost of up to $10 billion - its third-biggest import item after crude oil and gold. The new GM mustard offers India a chance to substantially reduce this import bill as it would be the highest-yielding oilseed in India, with yields 26-34 percent higher than the national average, said Delhi University's Deepak Pental, leading the research on the GM mustard. Pental said recently concluded biosafety studies did not show any adverse allergenic, toxic or environmental impact. "Oil and rapeseed meal of transgenic rapeseed have been consumed very extensively from 1996

onwards (outside India)," told Pental. "If in spite of all this the material (GM mustard) is not released – that means we have fallen prey to whims and fancies of extreme ideologues." Pental was referring to Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), or Indian Farmers' Union, which is affiliated to the ideological parent of BJP and opposes field trials of GM crops. Last month BKS leaders met with some government scientists working on GM and urged them to stop all field trials, BKS national secretary Mohini Mohan Mishra told. "The field trials will destroy the entire agrarian economy of this country because they have no clue about the long term impact," Mishra said. "They have been blinded by the western corporates and we will not let them commit this blunder."

"The scientists may complete field trials and submit reports but this will not translate into GM crops in Indian fields." But in August last year, the Modi government resumed the field trials for selected GM crops with little publicity and in January, Maharashtra state led by the BJP gave the all-clear to trials of rice, chickpeas, corn and aubergine, as well as new varieties of cotton. GM cotton developed by Monsanto Co (MON.N) and launched in India in 2002 helped transform the country from a net importer into the world's top fibre producer.

Mahindra Agri Business ties up with Sea6 Energy to promote Jingo- a crop yield enhancement product

n an attempt to market as well as distribute a crop yield enhancement product, Jingo of Sea6 Energy Pvt Ltd, the Crop Care division Mahindra Agri Business, which is a part of the Mahindra Group, has signed an exclusive product license agreement with the company. Mahindra has agreed to market Jingo according to the exclusive agreement and will propagate the product across the country with the help of its Crop Care network. Incidentally this Crop Care business has more than 1800 dealers in 19 states. The initial agreement has been signed for a period of nine years. Jingo has been exclusively developed and designed by Sea6, which is a Bangalore-based start-up founded in 2010 by IIT-Madras alumni. The product is currently being incubated by the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms. Jingo is essentially a technologically advanced crop enhancement product that will help farmers to increase their agricultural productivity in an environmentally friendly and safe manner. Jingo will help the plant bolster its root system to increase the leaf index area of the crop, which will in turn boost the photosynthetic activity. This will better the crop produce while making crops increasingly resilient towards the environmental factors. Apart from this fact, Jingo makes use of the Nutricycling Technology, which makes it

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100 per cent natural and sustainable product to preserve soil quality and is a safe option for the users and well as the consumers of the produce. Jingo will initially be provided to the farmers in packaging options of 1 litre as well as 500 millilitres. The product can be administered to the crop in a number of ways like drip system through soil, fertigation, foliar spray or root and seed application. It has been estimated that an acre of crop would consume 750 millilitres of the product. VikramPuri, the Vice President of the Mahindra Agri Business said, “We are delighted to partner with Sea6 Energy to market ‘Jingo’ across the country. At Mahindra, we have always pioneered products which aim to boost farm productivity and ‘Jingo’, using cutting-edge technology, has demonstrably improved agricultural output in a safe and sustainable manner. We believe ‘Jingo’ has a vital role to play as we constantly strive to enhance rural prosperity.” The initial trials of Jingo on fields have showed positive results. It was administered on crops like paddy, soybean, wheat, sugarcane and potato. Other products, which were subjected to Jingo, were horticultural crops like citrus fruits, mango, banana and grapes. Interestingly, an improvement was also noticed on plantation crops like cardamom, pepper, tea and coffee.

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Parag to focus on value added dairy products of Rs 1,500 crore. In addition, the company is also betting big on the beverages space.

airy player Parag Milk is betting big on value added products such as cheese and ghee to fuel its growth. "Last fiscal, the turnover from the cheese segment was Rs 340 crore and this business is growing 35% CAGR (compounded annual growth rate) for us," chairman of Parag Devendra Shah said. Ghee and cheese account for nearly half of the company's turnover and their contribution stood at Rs 750 crore last fiscal against the overall turnover

As per estimates, the dairy beverages market in India is estimated at three million litres a day with a market size of Rs 5,500 crore and is growing at 25% in volume terms every year. To capture a slice of this growing market, the company recently launched Go Buttermilk southern spice.

Amul — India's best known food brand — is all set to help Mongolia develop its dairy sector based on the Amul model of cooperatives. A team from Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) — the country's largest co-operative that markets brand Amul — visited Mongolia last month. Modi will be the first Indian Prime Minister to make a trip to the Mongolian capital. During his visit, a cooperation agreement between GCMMF and the Institute of Technology, Mongolia, will be signed.

"Our cooperation will be for creation of an effective milk procurement system near Ulan Bator and Darkhan cities and in Bayankhongor and Ovorkhangai provinces in partnership with existing rural cooperatives and milk processing entities," GCMMF's managing director R S Sodhi told, while confirming the development. Amul will help develop training programmes on management of bulk milk cooling system, clean milk production, animal health, establishing milk producers organization, develop standards of operation procedure of different units in dairy chain, dairy technology for non-dairy technologists, quality control of milk and dairy products and technological and engineering aspects of manufacturing of basic dairy products.

GCMMF's team had last month visited the milk-processing plants in Mongolia, Institute of Technology at Ulan Bator and met stakeholders in dairy sector to understand the Mongolian government's outlook on dairy development and their role.

According to the Russian newspaper NezavisimayaGazeta, almost 50% of dairy products in the country's market are counterfeit products.

products." The Rosstat state statistics service has revealed that there was a 36.9% increase in the import of palm oil in the first two months of the year. Russia has also increased its cheese production due to the ban on dairy products imported from the European Union and United States. Russia had imposed a one-year ban on imports of food products, including meat, fish, fruits, vegetables, cheese and milk from the US, EU member states, Norway, Canada and Australia in August. The move was in retaliation for sanctions imposed by these countries on Russia following the Ukraine crisis. Russia had been accused of being involved in the crisis by providing pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine with weaponry and other support, allegations that the country

The newspaper also quoted analysts as saying that the rise in such products is resulting in an increase in the import of palm oils, which is cheaper and is used extensively in the production of pastries, biscuits, cooking oils and dairy products. "The rise in products is as a result of in an increase in the import of palm oils, which is cheaper and is used extensively in the production of dairy

India will also help in designing and fabrication of small scale tools and equipment for traditional dairy products, as well as an automatic milk delivery machine suitable to Mongolian condition. "Although Mongolia is almost half the size of India, it has a population of just 30 lakh, half of which lives in urban pockets. But Mongolia's total cattle population is over five crore with just the number of cows being around 35 lakh. Hence, there is very good potential of dairy development in that country," said a GCMMF official, who visited Mongolia in April.

has denied. While Russia's cheese market has also grown 34% this year, its milk production and the volume of imported milk has gone down by 3% and 34% respectively, which indicate the possibility of the increase in the use of palm oil for producing cheese.

Amul Dairy polls to be held for 11 posts on May 12 For the first time in the history of Amul Dairy, elections are being held based on the block system. Each taluka that falls under the jurisdiction of the dairy union has been converted into a block. Traditionally, representatives of milk producers (farmers) from each village-level milk societies (mandlis) used to cast their vote for 13 candidates of a panel.

It will also organize vocational dairy training course for Mongolian dairy operators, representatives of small, medium enterprises in India and study tour for dairy specialists of Mongolia in India. Mongolia will invite dairy experts on animal breeding, health, dairy processing, including indigenous products from India to organize joint workshops, seminars, and training activities. It will invite experts on establishment of rural cooperatives, milk producers' organization and work out the models of such cooperative establishment in one of the rural provinces of Mongolia.

Discussions between Amul and Mongolia started when the ambassador of Mongolia to India visited GCMMF headquarters in Anand in June last year. It was during this meeting that Mongolia had asked GCMMF to facilitate Mongolian milk producers to restructure their dairy industry.

ussian agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor has said that the ban on Western products, and a dip in the value of the Russian currency, has resulted in a deluge of fake dairy products in the market.

Parag is planning to close its books with 2,400 crore in revenues this fiscal. The company has two plants one near Chittor in Andhra Pradesh and one near Pune in Maharashtra. The total daily capacity of both these plants 20 lakh per day.

India to help Mongolia set up Amul-like dairy cooperative rime Minister Narendra Modi on his visit Ulan Bator, has taken along with him the 'Taste of India' to Mongolia.

Food import ban led to deluge of fake Dairy products in Russian market, says watchdog

Now, the voters have been divided into blocks. Village-level societies will elect their representative to the dairy's board from their respective blocks.

lections for 11 posts of board of directors of the Kheda District Co-operative Milk Producers Union Ltd, popularly known as Amul Dairy, will be held on May 12. Anand-based Amul Dairy is the last dairy cooperative in the state which is in control of Congress, as BJP has successfully made inroads in all other milk unions of the state. After the last day of withdrawal of forms, 28 candidates remain in fray for the polls. Two candidates including Amul Dairy's sitting chairman and Thasra's Congress MLA Ramsinh Parmar were declared winners uncontested as no other candidate remained in fray against Parmar. Curiously, at Matar, BJP-backed candidate and chairman of Nadiad's APMC Vipul Patel too won the election uncontested as Congress candidate Dhiru Chavda pulled out.

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Elections were supposed to be held for 12 board members elected block-wise and one elected on individual seat. With two candidates already winning the polls uncontested, now 28 candidates will be contesting for the remaining 11 seats. At most of these blocks, there is a direct fight between Congress and BJP candidates. At Borsad, dairy's sitting vice-chairman and Congress MLA Rajendrasinh Parmar is in direct contest against Soma Padhiar. While in Balasinor, Congress MLA Mansinh Chauhan is contesting against BJP's former MLA Rajesh Pathak.

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Nestle to face biggest crisis with Maggi going off menu

ll hands are on deck at Nestle India as it grapples with possibly its biggest crisis in three decades. Maggi, India's best known comfort food after staples such as rice, dal and wheat, has been on a downward sales spiral after the Food & Drugs Administration of Uttar Pradesh said it contained lead and mono sodium glutamate (MSG) beyond the permissible limit. Since then, three state governments - Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka - have said they too will test samples of the product, which gives Nestle India almost 30 per cent of its revenues. The central government has said it will look into the matter and so will the country's apex food regulator, the Food Safety & Standards Authority of India. Maggi sales are estimated to have been hit severely since the news of the contamination broke out ten days ago. Some retailers say there has been a 5-10 per cent drop, while others put it to as high as 3540 per cent. Most of this fall has been in organised retail - a key channel frequented by Maggi's core target group of the middle and upper-middle income consumers. Retailers attribute this to the heightened awareness about the product's quality concerns among consumers who are on social media, watch TV and read newspapers. A senior executive from Spencer's Retail says, "Till the 14th of this month, there was no impact on sales. But after that, we are seeing a 5 to 10 per cent drop. Maggi is important for us as 70 per cent of what we buy from Nestle is this product." Devendra Chawla, group president (food & FMCG), Future Group, says he would have to assess the loss to business because of the issue, while executives at Reliance Retail and Aditya Birla Retail were not immediately available for comments. "Our analysis shows that there has been an impact on brand trust as a result of this crisis. You have to understand that it is a government body that has come out with these findings and it's not a random allegation made by an aggrieved consumer on social media," says N Chandramouli, chief executive officer, Trust Research Advisory, a Mumbai-based company which comes out with the annual Brand Trust Report. While an email sent to Nestle India elicited no response , people in the know say that the company

is likely to launch an advertising campaign in the next few days to counter the findings of the Uttar Pradesh Food & Drugs Administration. The campaign will use all outlets - social media, print and TV - to assuage consumer concerns over the product's quality. Bollywood actor Madhuri Dixit, who already endorses Maggi's Aata Noodles, is likely to helm this campaign, in the way Amitabh Bachchan did during Cadbury's worm-in-chocolate controversy, or Aamir Khan did when Coca-Cola was hit by the pesticide-incola issue a decade ago. Many say that Dixit is suited for this task since she is a wife and mother of two, and appeals to the middle class. "What is needed is a strong rebuttal from Nestle. So far, it has initiated phase one of its damage control exercise by engaging with regulatory authorities to convey its viewpoint, speaking to retailers and conducting an internal probe. But it will have to move to the second phase since it is a perception battle at the end of the day," Amit Lohani, convener of the Forum of Indian Food Importers, says. When the crisis first broke out, Nestle had said, "We use hydolysed groundnut protein, onion powder and wheat flour to make Maggi Noodles, which contain glutamate. We believe that the authorities' tests may have detected glutamate, which occurs naturally in many foods." It also said that in its routine tests done over the years, it never found Maggi containing more than 0.03 ppm of lead, adding that the batch that was tested was an old one (February 2014). Not everyone is convinced by Nestle's arguments though. Chandra Bhushan, deputy directorgeneral of Delhi-based Centre for Science & Environment, says, "Whether samples are of the current batch or an old batch, high levels of lead and MSG are simply not acceptable. Why should we have products such as these? It's high time stringent action was taken because packaged food consumption is on the rise in India. Authorities as well as consumers should know what is going into these food products." While high level of lead in food is known to be harmful, MSG is a flavour enhancer commonly added to Chinese food. To most Indians, it is known as Ajinomoto, because of the Japanese company of the same name that has been manufacturing it for over 100 years. Bhushan of CSE says that MSG is a non-essential salt that should not be added to food at all. However, food processing as well as catering industries have for long used MSG to enhance the flavour of food. "If the regulatory authorities get serious, there will be so many more violations that will be detected. While the Food Safety & Standards Act is stringent, enforcement of it has been weak," Bejon Misra, a noted consumer activist, says.

Congress leader Kharge's reference to the Amethi food park charges up Union Food Processing Minister.

he ruling benches in the Lok Sabha forced two quick adjournments of proceedings; first with Union Minister for Food Processing Harsimrat Kaur Badal refusing to abide by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan's directive against making a fresh statement on the closure of a food park in Amethi and then BJP members keeping the tempo high on the issue with slogan-shouting. The food park issue was brought up by Congress leader MallikarjunKharge while referring to closure of several projects, including medical institutions by the Modi government in what he alleged was “vengeance politics”. His reference to the food park charged up Ms. Badal, who began

making a statement similar to the one she had made before. The Speaker, who had come under attack from the Congress for allowing Ms. Badal to repeat her statement on the same issue for the second time in three working days – ruled that the Minister cannot make the statement but Ms. Badal continued to do so amid protests from the Opposition; resulting in the first adjournment. When the House met again, the Speaker allowed Ms. Badal to table her statement since Mr. Kharge had referred to the Minister by name. But protests by the BJP had the Speaker adjourn proceedings for the second time in less than an hour.

Spanish brands compete with private label through aggressive pricing

rivate label growth in Spain is set to slow down as branded manufactures respond with aggressive pricing and promotional strategies. Canadean investigates how store own brands can make their products stand out on the shelf. Although the economy in Spain is steadily recovering, 7 out to 10 Spanish consumers are not feeling confident with the current state of the economy, according to a new survey by Canadean.

These feelings of uncertainly and insecurity have lead Spanish consumers to look for affordable food and drink products that help them save money. The trend of ‘better value for money’ has been dominating the market in recent years and has created a habit of thrifty spending. Even now, as many consumers have more stable jobs and a better income, they still want to spend wisely. According to Canadean, private label sales have grown over the past few years. However, this growth rates will begin to slow as branded

manufacturers respond with increased promotional offers. Only one third of Spanish consumers are planning to buy more private label products in the coming year, as price-oriented consumers seek out branded products on promotional offer. The survey finds that 57% of Spaniards look for promotions and discounts, while 49% use vouchers and coupons and 38% use websites to compare different prices at supermarkets. Brands are positioning their goods around affordability and are increasing the number of reductions and sales. Raquel PerezLopez, analyst at Canadean, says: “As a consequence, both private and branded manufacturers will suffer due to the aggressive discounting. This will not just erode premium credentials of brands, but also means that consumers focus too much on price and promotion and do not evaluate other product attributes such as health and convenience.” Private Label manufacturers need to emphasise premium credentials Promotional branded products and store own brands are often offered at the same price in supermarkets. However, consumers will fall back on known products as they believe that branded products are of better quality. “Private label manufacturers should promote the quality of their goods via clear labelling that states the origin of the product along with the production method. This will encourage consumers to think twice about what product to buy,” adds Perez-Lopez. “Unbranded food and drink products need to stand out on the shelf in order to compete with branded products.”

Should buy 10% of total output sugar companies ask centre

delegation representing the sugar industry led by former Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi here to apprise him of issues facing the beleaguered sector and urged the Government to buy out 10 per cent of the sweetener to help prices improve on the domestic market. With production likely to touch a near-decadal high of 28 million tonnes (mt) for the 2014-15 season (OctoberSeptember) as per estimates by the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA), there is likely to be a carryover stock of 10 mt. Domestic demand is pegged at 24.8 mt and the excess output marks the fifth consecutive season of surplus production. “We explained to the Prime Minister that the industry has been going through a bad patch and put forth our demand that, in the short run, the Government needs to help us with buying out some of the surplus as a short-run measure,” said an industry official.

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“Ideally, the industry should have 6 mt as carryover stock so there’s a 4 mt surplus. We are asking the Centre to buy out about 10 per cent of our total production which is about 2.8 mt. This would help ease some of the pressure on the mills,” he added. If the Government were to purchase 2.8 mt of the sweetener, it is estimated that the industry would receive about Rs. 8,500 crore which should ideally be spent on clearing the dues owed to farmers. Pawar recommended that the Government could provide loans to the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to buy sugar while the Sugar Development Fund could bear the interest burden. Other demands like the creation of 5 mt buffer stock and the financial restructuring of loans provided to mills were also put forward. Mills across India, the world’s second largest sugar producer after Brazil, owed sugarcane farmers around Rs. 22,000 crore as of April 15 as arrears.

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Southern Africa could face food shortage due to drought: WFP

he severe drought situation in Southern Africa could lead to a possible food shortage in the region over the next few months. The lack of rain this year has resulted in crop failure rates of over 50%, according to the World Food Programme (WFP), the food assistance branch of the United Nations that helps countries by addressing hunger and promoting food security. The region's maize production for the year is said to have dropped to around a third in comparison to last year's produce, with 9.665 million tonnes said to be the worst production in the last eight years. According to Bloomberg, the country's corn production will also see a decrease of an estimated 32%. WFP's Food and Nutrition Security Working Group's April assessment said: "The rains experienced in late March and early April provided some relief to livestock farmers, but arrived too late for both staple food and cash crops.

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Soil insecurity can threaten future Food Production: Research

cientists have expressed concern about the world's soil resources and the possible effects it can have on food production in the

future. A group of soil scientists, including the University of Delaware's Donald Sparks, have published their research titled 'Soil and Human Security in the 21st Century' in the journal Science. The report speaks about the threats to soil including soil erosion, nutrient exhaustion, urbanisation and climate change. Sparks, along with five of his co-authors, speak about the need for the better management of soil to conserve it for the future. The report states that as the human population is slated to reach 11 billion by 2100, the only way to produce sufficient food will be to find better ways to manage existing agricultural lands rather than expanding into new areas. Sparks said: "Soil is our planet's epidermis. It's only about a meter thick, on average, but it plays an absolutely crucial life-support role that we often take for granted. "We have reached the point where about 40% of Earth's terrestrial surface is used for agricultural purposes. Another large and rapidly expanding portion is urbanised." "Historically, humans have been disturbing the soil since the advent of agriculture approximately 10,000 years ago. We have now reached the point where about 40% of Earth's terrestrial surface is used for agricultural purposes. Another large and rapidly expanding portion is urbanised. We're already using the most productive land, and the remainder is likely to be much less useful in feeding our growing population." The report states that soil erosion is occurring at a faster rate than soil production in many agricultural areas, including the US where current soil erosion is at a rate at least 10 times greater than the natural

background rate of soil production. Soil erosion also results in the loss of key nutrients for plant growth, which increases the need for commercial fertilisers. However, the report also says that the current rate of fertiliser production is

unsustainable. Sparks says that the sudden increase in the price of fertilisers is proof of this.

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"The rains experienced in late March and early April provided some relief to livestock farmers, but arrived too late for both staple food and cash

crops." "Of great concern is Zimbabwe, which is facing a looming huge food deficit due to imminent widespread crop failure." Apart from Southern Africa that produces around 40% of the regional maize, the drought will also hit areas like southern Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Malawi, and Madagascar. The condition in Malawi had worsened following the early January rains and floods, that destroyed most of its crops and roads. This is expected to force the countries in the region to supplement their domestic production with increased imports, leading to a rise in the cost of food products, the WFP said.

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he Maggi jinx is becoming more and more tangled. In fact, a court has ordered that a FIR, be registered against Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit and Preity Zinta, who have featured in Maggi noodle advertisements. Though I trust these star didn’t know about the contents of Maggi as they are just a part of sale strategy. Maggi noodles has been at the centre of controversy since laboratory tests ordered by food inspectors in Uttar Pradesh allegedly found eight times as much lead as permissible in a batch of Maggi noodles. After Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, now Kerala has ordered a pullout of Maggi noodles from government-run outlets and the Delhi government has said samples that it tested were found "unsafe," amid a countrywide scrutiny of the product for high content of lead and monosodium glutamate or MSG, a taste enhancer. The Delhi government has decided to initiate a case against the company "for sale of an unsafe product”, and it is also considering a fine for "misbranding" as five Maggi noodle samples were found to contain MSG, without no declaration on the Several others states have ordered tests on the noodles too. Maggi noodles has been at the centre of controversy since laboratory tests ordered by food inspectors in Uttar Pradesh allegedly found eight times as much lead as permissible in a batch of Maggi noodles. But Nestle has said that independent tests have shown permissible levels of lead. To defend itself, Maggi India said that, "We understand that consumers are concerned by reports that the authorities in India have found elevated levels of lead in a sample pack of MAGGI Masala Noodles. The sample came from a batch that had an expiry date of November 2014 and is therefore no longer in the market. We are fully cooperating with the authorities who are conducting further tests and we are awaiting their results."Nestle India had submitted samples of Maggi noodles from almost 600 product batches to an external laboratory for independent analysis. These samples represented around 125 million packets. All the results of these internal and external tests showed that lead levels are well within the limits specified by food regulations and that Maggi noodles are safe to eat. The company is sharing these results with the authorities. According to the Nestle, the company

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regularly monitors all its raw material for lead, including testing by accredited laboratories which have consistently shown levels in Maggi Noodles to be within permissible limits. Nestle India said that the company remains committed to continuing to improve the quality of agricultural raw materials across the food chain working with farmers, suppliers, authorities and the food industry to ensure food safety. The quality and safety of products are the top priorities for the company.

ogurt consumption in the United States has grown to 14.9 pounds per capita in 2013 from 6.5 pounds per capita in 2000, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The growth re-energized many yogurt manufacturers and marketers. Consumers had a seemingly insatiable appetite for these dairy case darlings. In the last five to six years, higher-protein

Well can somebody tell Nestle that consumers are not fools and the tendency of awareness has increased manifold. And how can they say the samples that were tested existed from Maggi packets dated before November 2014. Even if the samples were from Maggi packets that were expired, how could MSG level increase or say the lead levels. FSSAI is has shown vigilance and has taken a second important and tough step by withdrawing No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the energy drink companies and issuing a recall. Though FSSAI does not have standards for energy drinks, the argument put forward by the authority to initiate the action was ‘irrational combination’ of unrecognized ingredients such as ‘ginseng’ along with excess amounts of caffeine, which is not fit for health. FSSAI has withdrawn NOC of Monster, Tzinga, and Cloud 9. The order has asked the companies to stop manufacturing, sale, distribution, import and recall such products in India. Interestingly, other leading names like Red Bull, Coca Cola Burn, and Bisleri Urzza remained out of the net as they do not contain ginseng herb. Yet, their caffeine quantity is under scanner and it is not clear whether these products have been tested and cleared. Well it’s a bad time for Nestle, but I think if the regulatory Authorities are right then Maggi should be immediately removed from the market. It is important as infinite people and kids love it and eat it on regular basis or as their meal. Also energy drinks are fashion for the young generation, I believe it is important to be responsible towards our fresh young people, the energy drink companies need to pull up their socks and become responsible or face the food authority and a ban.

had a separate designation to communicate the specific minimum number (1 million per gram) of a specific strain of established probiotic bacteria would be valuable.” Without some independent body establishing a “probiotic seal,” some manufacturers have chosen to set their own criteria to make claims concerning probiotic bacteria in their fermented milk products and implications to human health. Some might suggest that bringing more attention to probiotics will just confuse consumers. However, they are pretty savvy about obtaining information. As one case in point: some doctors are now providing to their patients flyers endorsed by the American Gastroenterological Association about probiotics and their use to promote digestive health and treat digestive diseases including irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease and infectious diarrhea. Choose compatible strains Of course, delivering probiotics at the right level is easier said than done because these organisms sometimes can be affected over the shelf life of the product by some strains of the traditional yogurt organisms used in the manufacturing process.

“Greek” yogurts provided much of the energy that propelled category sales to new heights.

However, the novelty of Greek-style yogurts may have run its course. Companies are now battling in the trenches for market share. In a competitive free market, each company will go on the offensive to tell consumers their products taste better, have more nutrition (protein content), deliver a better price/value ratio, have the simplest ingredient statement and offer the most convenience. Cultures, probiotic bacteria But wait a minute. Isn’t one of the key reasons we started to consume yogurt in the first place was because it was associated with living longer and healthier lives (read Metchnikoff’s observations in the early 1900s)? Because these bacteria in yogurt are microscopic, they are easily and perhaps conveniently ignored, downplayed or relegated to company websites instead of the front panel of a yogurt package. And since consumers’ general thinking concerning bacteria primarily has been that they cause illness, talking about “healthy, good-for-you” bacteria in yogurt could be a daunting challenge for even the best marketer. A seal of approval? The use of the National Yogurt Association’s Seal for Live and Active Cultures has educated some consumers. But consumers might not fully understand that the NYA seal does not delineate known “probiotic” bacteria (e.g. Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM, Lactobacillus casei subsp. rhamnosus LGG, Bifidobacterium Bb-12, Lactobacillus paracasei F19, Bacillus coagulans BC30 and many others) from the traditional yogurt cultures (Lactobacillus bulgaricus andStreptococcus thermophilus). In other words, the current NYA seal is no guarantee that there are probiotic bacteria in adequate amounts to confer any specific health benefit. In fact, when I asked Mary Ellen Sanders of Dairy and Food Cultures Technologies (who is an expert on probiotic bacteria) about this topic, she said that “a NYA-like seal that

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According to Mirjana Curic-Bawden of Chr. Hansen, “Probiotic survival is strain-specific and may also depend on the yogurt manufacturing process conditions.” So it’s important to work with suppliers to get the best strains that work for the yogurt you are producing. While evidence is limited, it has been suggested that milk or fermented milk is a good delivery vehicle for probiotics because milk acts to protect these bacteria from cytotoxic bile acids and other challenges to these organisms’ viability during food digestion. Additionally, some food components may serve as a prebiotic to promote probiotic growth and survival. Recently, Yin et.al. (2014) was the first to show that growing these probiotic cultures in milk conferred measurable effects on the intestinal microbiota of mice. So as all the dust settles over the hoopla of Greek yogurt, don’t forget that the health benefits of including probiotics in yogurts may provide a key point for product distinction in a market where consumers are looking for real (natural) health and wellness foods.

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SAVE ENERGY

Energy Efficiency:

The fastest way to profitability H

ow utility waste-heat recovery can improve your profits dramatically with minimal investment

In today’s industrial scenario, the food and beverages industry is under heavy margin pressure. Net margins of 3-10% are fairly common, which leaves them open to very little cushion, especially if there are any demand or supply shocks. Even if the industry is profitable, there is heavy pressure to reduce operating costs, improve operations, and add to the bottom line. In such a scenario, energy efficiency is an often overlooked area which can dramatically alter the financial profitability of an industry. Energy efficiency is a wide slate, which includes reducing operating costs in power, electricity, fuel, water and other utilities. Within energy efficiency, waste heat recovery isa goldmine of value, which can help fuel consuming customers reduce their fuel usage. Waste heat recovery (WHR) refers to recovering heat from energy sources which were dissipating it to the environment, converting it to useful heat and reusing it within the industry – thereby reducing your fuel bills. The benefits of heat recovery include improving sys-tem efficiency, reducing fuel consumption, and reducing facilityair emissions. While the type and cost-effectiveness of a heatrecovery system are dependent on the process temperature andthe facility’s thermal requirements, many heat recovery techniques are available across low, medium, and high temperatureranges.While waste heat recovery is a fairly common technique, and there are standard technologies which can recover waste heat from boilers and flue gases, in this article, we will be talking about two amazing sources of waste heat whose potential has not been explored in great detail. This includes recovering waste heat from chillers and air compressors. In most industries, there are concurrent applications of heating, cooling and air compression. Of the cooling and air utilities, a large proportion of energy is wasted via cooling towers or radiator panels. The following chart shows that over 47% of the total energy involved in a refrigeration cycle is waste heat. This is primarily rejected via cooling towers or radiators.

The cost of heat currently is close to Rs. 3.77 per kWh of energy (assuming the cost of FO at Rs. 35 per kg and a calorific value of 10,000 kCal/ kg with a boiler efficiency of 80%). If waste heat can be recovered from either of the two sources, you can get this same heat at close to zero cost. If you plot a picture of the savings that are accrued, a typical waste heat recovery system will payback the capital invested in just a few months. Such waste heat recovery systems can typically offset anywhere between 30-75% of your water heating costs, and sometimes you can also replace your existing boiler and keep it just as a backup for heat. The hot water generated can be used in a variety of applications, a sample of which is listed below :

now has to do lower work to increase the refrigerant pressure.

• Washing – applicable to dairies (including their crate washing applications), bottling plants

Just to give an estimate, an installation of a WHR system on a 100 TR system saves enough carbon dioxide equivalent to absorbed by 4000-7000 trees in a year!

• Drying processes – Require heat in the range of 30-90 degrees

d) Additional benefits Being a heat recovery device, such systems qualify for accelerated depreciation benefits, equivalent to 30% of the product’s capital cost. This can further help brand your company as an environmental friendly image. In addition they are fairly maintenance free and can survive for long periods without significant damage. Things to keep in mind while choosing a WHR system

• Cleaning – for most process plants, cleaning in place equipment, etc. • Preheating – for many processes, like pasteurization and sterilization, which require high temperatures, waste heat can be used to preheat the water before it goes through the primary heater. • Boiler feedwater – almost any industry can use the recovered waste heat to preheat their boiler feedwater or their Hot water generated feedwater. b) Improves chiller/compressor efficiency and reduce running costs

This offers an excellent opportunity to recovery heat from cooling utilities and use it at the site of hot water use. Benefits and Advantages a) Hot water at close to zero cost.

If there are so many benefits, why hasn’t everyone used this product so far? There are a few things that need to be kept in mind while procuring and installing such a heat recovery system, in the absence of which, the benefits cannot be captured effectively While a Waste Heat Recovery(WHR) system is primarily just a heat exchanger, there are various design issues which may make one or the other heat exchanger unviable. Some drawbacks of some standard available systems are listed below which needs to be taken into account while choosing such a system. a) Reliability of system

By taking away heat from the refrigerant, the load on the cooling towers is reduced by a similar amount. This leads to lower cooling tower costs including water treatment costs, motor and pump costs, reduced maintenance costs etc. Specifically, • You can increase the condenser area available for heat rejection – this will lead to better cooling, in

Similarly, in air compressors, over 90% of the total energy input is wasted as heat to the environment. In this sense, compressed air is one of the most expensive uses of energy in a manufacturing plant. The figure below illustrates that only about 4% of the total energy that goes into an air compressor will be utilized in a useful manner. Energy Flow in an air compressor

• All associated cooling tower costs reduced – water treatment costs, pumping costs, etc. This is true for both chillers and air compressors. c) Green way to do business By saving on the fuel that would otherwise be spent on generating the hot water, this technology helps in reducing the carbon footprint of the industry, while at the same time increasing the quota of carbon credits/ESCerts for the industry. If the certificates from the savings can become tradable, almost 30% of the cost of the unit will be paid for just by these savings.

A Plate Heat Exchanger, or a Shell and Tube Exchanger have major reliability concerns. In case there is a leak in any of the plate or tubes, there is a chance that the water may mix with either the refrigerant in case of a chiller, or the compressor oil in case of an air compressor. If this happens, and water flows into the compressor unit, it may damage the system, and the repairs may be fairly expensive – which can wipe out the savings that have been generated. In this sense, reliability of the heat exchanger involved is of absolute priority. b) Pressure drop in utility fluid

some cases, can even lead to a slight amount of subcooling. • Increase in cooling capacity of the chiller • Reduces power consumption of chiller and gives higher COP. This happensprimariliy because the condenser pressure reduces, and the compressor

While designing a heat exchanger, the pressure drop on the utility side (the refrigerant in case of a chiller, or the compressor oil in case of an air compressor) needs to be taken into account. This is critical because if the pressure drop within the WHR is too large, it can infact increase the power consumption of the utility. For example, in case of a chiller, it has to be ensured that the pressure drop in the refrigerant inside the WHR is lower than the reduction in condenser pressure. Careful application engineering is required which can require good technical ability on the part

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of the supplier, and we should not just pick up such a system from a standard heat exchanger manufacturer. c) Ability to gain temperature lift This is again a feature related to the design of the heat recovery system. The heat source available in chillers and air compressors is fairly low – (in the range of 50-100 degrees Celsius), and many heat exchangers will not be able to achieve high temperature differences. For example, a Plate Heat Exchanger might only give a temperature lift of 10 degrees Celsius, which can imply that a recirculation pump might need to be provided which might then again reduce the savings that can be generated. d) Proper application engineering While all the above points do again refer to good engineering, it is important to reiterate the fact. There are a lot of design parameters than need to be included which can lead to the elimination of many accessories – a few are listed below i. Storage tanks, incase the heat requirement is not continuous – can be eliminated by appropriate design. ii. Sizing of booster pumps – can be minimized by properly designing for pressure drops and selection of piping. iii. Designing the site of the WHR, so that the distance to be travelled by the utility fluid is minimized. iv. Choosing the Material of Construction – optimizing for cost while maintaining quality and reliability v. Ensuring modular design- so that WHR can be extended or reduced as per requirement. The good news is that most industries have significant unexploited potential for energy savings. A recent report from the International Energy Agency shows that the industrial world uses about 55% more energy than required. The food and beverages industry is one of the key energy users in this regard. By beginning to understand the potential of energy recovery, and through proper application engineering,companies can make huge savings and can help their firm improve its profitability! Happy Saving!! The author, K.P.Ashwin, is a Director at Promethean Energy Pvt. Ltd., which designs and manufactures energy saving products for industrial applications. He has completed his B.Tech. from IIT Bombay and holds an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. He has worked with leading MNCs for cost optimization, energy efficiency and developing their growth strategies. You can reach him at ashwinkp@prometheanenergy.com.

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NEWS

LET THEM EAT CHOCOLATE CAKE W hat sells faster than hot cakes? Chocolate cakes undoubtedly.

While foodies may go crazy for the latest, most cutting edge flavor on your shelf, they may rave about Matcha cupcakes, Organic Blueberry Cheesecake, or the stylish Red Velvet. It is to the humble chocolate we turn when we seek that warm comfort of childhood.

The rich cocoa flavor coupled with the Puratos’ trademark superb moist mouth feel, creates a cake so light and gorgeous that even the most discerning will not believe that it’s not made from scratch While cakes may have moved on from the plain

The dark and dulcet flavor instantly transports the consumer back to their mother’s arms, when calories were unheard of, when a simple cake was a treat that was worth waiting for weeks. Days probably spent in anticipation, watching the actual mixing, peering anxiously as the cake rose in the oven, the aroma that drove you crazy, the anxious waiting for the cake to cool a little, even offering to compromise on the frosting in exchange for a quick first bite. The Cake itself is just now a quick mix away, curtsey Puratos’ TEGRAL CHOCO SPONGE and TEGRAL SPONGE EGG FREE COCOA

Vanilla base, Puratos’ commitment to bringing cutting edge technology combined with its dedication to quality remains unchanged. And nowhere do these come together better than in the TEGRAL CHOCO SPONGE premix. Years of research and development, market research have come together to produce a premix so fine that Puratos is delighted to bring it to the

Indian Bakery and patisserie, underlining their commitment to make the industry truly world class.

This premix produces a moist and creamy chocolate cake with a memorable mouth feel is perhaps what defines Puratos’ premium premix range. A cake that delivers great volume with superlative taste at highly competitive rates, the cake supports the customer in his need to experiment with flavors and shapes, perfectly blending in like a blank canvas to showcase your art, understated and elegant, simply shining in the background leaving consumers aching for more. Create unlimited options with the belief that your creations will shine when paired with the TEGRAL CHOCO SPONGE range. Capitalize on its long shelf life and superior volume to bring out the Picasso in you, while giving consumers the same consistent quality time after time, a consistent taste that will grow on your customers, like a song that flows in the background. Its ease of use reduces wastage and allows

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As more people are moving towards an eggfree existence, Puratos’ TEGRAL SPONGE EGGFREE COCOA allows you to satisfy the most exacting of palates, and satisfy them with a WOW factor that will leave them thirsting for more Shine in the beauty of a well presented product, soak in the compliments that are bound to follow and watch your creations fly off the shelves like… well, hot cakes.

Ex-Godrej boss launches

chocolate brand

he former managing director at Godrej Group has launched a new chocolate brand.

Arumugham Mahendran, under the new Bangalorebased company Global Consumer Products, has introduced LuvIt which will compete for sales along with Mondelez’s Cadbury and Nestlé. The former commands 70% of the chocolate market share in India, a market worth US$1.06bn. Global Consumer Products is backed by Goldman Sachs and Mitsui Global. The two investment firms have sunk INR 3 billion (USD47 million) in Mahendran’s company. LuvIt chocolates are sold with the marketing tagline ‘Live It, Own It, LuvIt’ and are being initially launched in the southern states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka: "30 per cent of chocolate market is concentrated in the southern states," said Mahendran who has recruited southern Indian film star Siddharth as the brand ambassador for LuvIt. Harshal Morde, director of sales and marketing, Morde Foods Pvt Ltd, a leading chocolate manufacturer from Mumbai, said: "The modern format of retail is yearning for more brands. Growth in [smaller provincial] tier two and three cities is creating fresh demand for chocolate. The evolving customer is looking for new options in terms of taste." With Cadbury being so dominant, far outstripping its rivals, there is room for new brands, he added.

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DAIRY NEWS

Amul MD cautions government about dumping of dairy products prices of dairy commodities," Sodhi said. "Due to low demand, milk prices continue to fall in these countries, which are heavily dependent on dairy exports. Thus, in order to dump their surplus stocks of dairy commodities, these countries are lobbying hard to get access to the Indian dairy market," Sodhi said.

he Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets its products under the Amul brand, has requested the government not to allow other countries to dump their dairy products in India under the Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

"Due to low demand, milk prices continue to fall in these countries, which are heavily dependent on dairy exports. Thus, in order to dump their surplus stocks of dairy commodities, these countries are lobbying hard to get access to the Indian dairy market," Sodhi said.

GCMMF announced that it had achieved a turnover of Rs 20,733 crore for 2014-15. Speaking on the occasion, GCMMF Managing Director R S Sodhi expressed concerns over the possible entry of foreign players in the Indian dairy market under the FTA and registered his strong objections to such a move.

Though the central government has not included dairy products in the FTA yet, Sodhi said that GCMMF has been cautioning the government against this move.

"Some countries are lobbying hard for access to the Indian dairy market through bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations. We request our policy makers to ensure that dairy products are completely kept out of the ambit of FTAs with major dairy product exporting nations," Sodhi told. According to Sodhi, countries like New Zealand, Australia and European Union (EU) nations are under pressure to sell their surplus products, since they have been hit by a major meltdown in the global dairy products market recently. "Earlier, China used to import dairy products in very large quantities from these countries. After that demand dried up, exports of these countries suffered and resulted in a major meltdown in global

We know that the government has never favoured the inclusion of dairy products under FTA, but it is our duty to caution them from time to time, since these countries still lobby for it. "We believe that the entry of foreign players will severely hit the livelihood of millions of Indian farmers," Sod hi said. He said that banning foreign players in the Indian dairy market is also necessary to safeguard India's food security and ensure self-sufficiency.

ICAR tech to detect detergent in milk

outside Gujarat, in Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal and lately Punjab,” he said. “Over the last two years, over 14-15 per cent of the milk we get is from outside Gujarat,” he added. The company reported total sales of Rs 20,735 crore in 2014-15, and expects to touch Rs 25,000 crore this fiscal, driven by “increased prosperity, more branded and packaged products, and higher consumption across product categories,” Sodhi said. “With more income being spent, we are expecting sales of Rs 25,000 crore next year. By 2020, we are targeting a turnover of Rs 50,000 crore,” he said. Growth is coming across all categories with basic categories like butter, cheese, milk with 10-12 per cent expected volume growth, he said.

ujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), owner of Amul, will invest up to Rs 5,000 crore to expand its procurement as well as processing and manufacturing facilities over the next two to three years. “We are setting up over 10 new dairy plants across the country in the next two to three years, both within and outside Gujarat, and will invest up to Rs 5,000 crore,” GCMMF Managing Director R S Sodhi told. “We have expanded our procurement network

No duty concessions and no Geographical Indication (GI) Protection on dairy products should be given to these countries. These steps will ensure our self-sufficiency in the dairy sector and our food security with regard to milk and dairy products," Sodhi said.

Government should promote

xpressing concern over adulterated milk in the country, a Parliamentary panel has suggested the government to make efforts to popularise a new technology for detecting the presence of detergent in milk. The government's Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has developed a new colourbased test for rapid detection of detergent in milk. The technology has already been transferred to Rajasthan Cooperative Dairy Federation, Mother Dairy and Ahmedabad-based Havmore Icecream Ltd. "The Committee is of the view that availability of cheap and easy to use test will help immensely to stop the menace of adulterated milk (especially with detergent etc.) available in the market," the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture said in its latest report.

To expand its procurement, processing and Manufacturing GCMMF to invest Rs. 5,000 cr in next 2-3 years

Hence, the Committee it desires that the government puts efforts to "publicise and popularise" the new technology "extensively" so that it can be made available to every milk cooperative in the country. According to the report, the new testing technology, which has been validated by Mohali-based Punjab Biotechnology Incubator, detects all brands of commercial detergent available in the market. The test gives results within 100 seconds and can detect the presence of 20 mg commercial aionic detergent in 100 ml of pure milk. This qualitative test can be easily performed at milk collection centers. The cost of chemicals per test is about 40 paise. However, cost of test after including disposable plastic tube and tip will be Rs 1.40, the report added. Already, Mother Dairy has agreed to bring the test to market. The new technology is not recommended for household purpose due to involvement of hazardous chemicals. Haryana-based dairy institute National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) is regulatory demonstrating and explaining about the new technology to dairy industries, entrepreneurs at largest, as per the panel report. Milk production in India, the world's largest producer and consumer, is in the range of 135-140 million tonnes.

“More expensive categories like cream, beverages and tetra-pack milk will grow at more than 20 per cent in volume sales going by the past few years,” he said. The company is also innovating on more premium products in ice-creams and cheeses. “We are setting up a Rs 600 crore cheese manufacturing factory that will be operational soon,” he said. On innovation, he said, “Twenty-four new products were launched last year, and this year we can see another six to seven new products or variants across ice-creams, beverages and spreads coming out soon.”

MP Dairy Federation's

to send its Sanchi milk packets to quake-torn Nepal

adhya

Pradesh

DugdhaMahasangh (MP dairy federation) will send its Sanchi milk packets to quake-torn Nepal following a request from the Centre. "Madhya Pradesh DugdhaMahasangh has received a letter to supply milk powder to quake-hit Nepal from the Centre. The Federation's managing director has given consent for the same at a meeting in New Delhi," Federation spokesperson said Besides, the Federation will also supply 450 MT whole (pure) milk powder to the country's defence forces. It has also received an order to supply 33 MT whole milk powder and 10,000 kg pure ghee from Indo-Tibet Border Police, he added. Through efforts of Diary Federation, order for supply of 400 MT white butter has been received by Bhopal and Ujjain diary federations from Haryana. Meanwhile, demand for Sanchi ghee and butter in the state is constantly rising and in the last four months, sale of Sanchi ghee rose from 1100 MT to 1600 MT, the spokesman said. Sale of butter

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from Sanchi parlours in the state has gone up to 27 tonnes from 10 tonnes, he added, adding, milk collection in the state has increased by 36 per cent, up from target of 26 per cent. The Federation has signed an agreement with Rajya Shiksha Kendra for supplying milk and milk products to Kasturba Gandhi Residential Girls Hostels, he added.

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SPICE NEWS

Pepper exporters want foreign trade policy anomaly set right

he pepper trade has asked the Chairman of Spices Board to take up with the Directorate-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) of the anomalies/mistakes in the Merchandise Exports from India Scheme reward given for black pepper in the recently announced export-import policy.

pepper here has alleged that the announced rates will only benefit those who process pepper in their in Vietnam and are exporting from there. On the other hand, those undertake the processing in India adhering to the “Make in India” concept of the Prime Minister, and exporting, will be hit, they said.

incentive. . Given the efforts to promote “Make in India Products”, the reward announced for the garbled pepper appears to have been wrongly put in a different code. The reward is only two per cent that too, for shipments to traditional, emerging and focus markets.

A group of exporters who have facilities to process

They said, according to new policy, the reward for black pepper garbled (processed) is only for emerging and focus markets while shipments of ungarbled (non-processed farmgrade) attract 3 per cent

Most of the European countries, which are traditional markets, are buying garbled pepper from India and therefore, the benefit of the scheme reward of 5 per cent will have to be given to exporters shipping to these countries. European and other developed nations have slowed down their buying from India and started

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demanding pesticide residue guarantees. However buyers/importers not specifying any particular pesticides to be tested except a general remark they make while placing order to provide pesticide residue free pepper certificates. When approached about the specific pesticide residuefor testing, a list of 300 pesticides have been provided. The testing for the entire lot of pesticides will cost higher than the pepper consignment itself, exporters said. Therefore, those exporters who are exporting to traditional markets should be given the benefit of MEIS reward of 5 per cent. The Spices Board, according to reliable sources, is understood to have taken up the matter with all concerned at the Centre.

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Exporters have urged the Government to initiate steps to remove the anomaly and issue corrected the rates with effect from April 1.

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CORPORATE NEWS

World hunger falls to less than ConAgra to pay criminal fine 800 million: UN report of $11.2m over Salmonella

he number of undernourished people in the world has decreased to 795 million people as per the latest annual UN hunger report.

The current number is a fall of 216 million people, compared to that during 1990 to 1992.

Titled the State of Food Insecurity in the World 2015 - SOFI, the report is jointly published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP). The report cited improved agricultural productivity, economic growth and expansion of social protection as the primary reasons for the drop in world hunger. FAO director general JosĂŠ Graziano da Silva said: "The near-achievement of the MDG hunger targets shows us that we can indeed eliminate the scourge of hunger in our lifetime.

"We must be the Zero Hunger generation. That goal should be mainstreamed into all policy interventions and at the heart of the new sustainable development agenda to be established this year." "We must be the Zero Hunger generation. That goal should be mainstreamed into all policy interventions and at the heart of the new sustainable development agenda to be established this year." Around 72 countries of the 129 monitored by FAO have achieved the Millennium Development Goal target of decreasing undernourishment by the end of this year. 29 countries have been successful in halving the absolute number of undernourished people, a goal that had been set at the 1996 World Food Summit. East Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, southeast and central Asia and parts of Africa had been able to achieve substantial reductions in hunger. The report also noted that the political will to eradicate hunger had played an important role. IFAD president Kanayo Nwanze said: "We must work to create a transformation in our rural communities so they provide decent jobs, decent conditions and decent opportunities. "We must invest in rural areas so that our nations can have balanced growth and so that the three billion people who live in rural areas can fulfill their potential."

Mondelez makes e-commerce leap with 'buy now' buttons

further development in the space, as well as make headway in terms of product creation.

n an effort to push sales through retailers, Mondelez International is further delving into the e-commerce space with a plan to change its digital strategy in 25 countries, featuring "buy now" buttons in shoppable ads. Earlier in 2015, it tested e-commerce in Europe. The company set a target to double online revenue in the next several years. Adweek notes Mondelez and other CPG companies have had difficulty in the e-commerce space, considering a large majority of grocery sales are generated in physical locations. The digital video, social, and display platforms encourage consumers to purchase products with links to retailers like Peapod and Walmart.com. The purchased products can then ship from stores close by. "The role of our 'buy now' button is really taking the traffic that we have from the brand side to the retailer," said Cindy Chen, the company's global head of e-commerce. Analysts told Adweek this could lead to

contamination

On 14 February 2007, the company voluntarily stopped production at the plant and recalled all peanut butter produced since January 2004. Eventually, more than 700 cases of salmonellosis linked to the outbreak with illness onset dates beginning in August 2006 were identified by CDC. The centre could not find any deaths due to the outbreak.

onAgra Foods' subsidiary, ConAgra Grocery Products, has agreed to plead guilty and pay a fine of $11.2m regarding the shipment of contaminated peanut butter linked to a nationwide outbreak of salmonella poisoning from 2006-2007, the US Department of Justice announced. Said to be the largest ever criminal fine paid in a food safety case, ConAgra will pay a fine of $8m and forfeit assets of $3.2m. In February 2007, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had linked the salmonellosis outbreak to Peter Pan and private label peanut butter that had been produced and shipped from ConAgra's Sylvester peanut butter plant. "The safety of the nation's food supply is a top concern, and every company, large and small, must take appropriate measures to ensure that their products don't make customers sick."

The company later said that peanut butter which was produced on nine different dates between 4 August 2006 and 29 January 2007 was contaminated with salmonella. It identified several potential contributing factors, including an old peanut roaster that was not uniformly heating raw peanuts, a storm-damaged sugar silo, a leaky roof that allowed moisture into the plant, and airflow that could allow potential contaminants to move around the plant. Later tests found the salmonella strain at around nine locations at the plant. Principal deputy assistant Attorney General Mizer said: "The safety of the nation's food supply is a top concern, and every company, large and small, must take appropriate measures to ensure that their products don't make customers sick. "No company can let down its guard when it comes to these kinds of microbiological contaminants. Salmonellosis is a serious condition, and a food like peanut butter can deliver it straight to children and other vulnerable populations.

World Food Programme provides Food relief worth $116.5m to Nepal With landslides and poor road conditions making it difficult for the organisation to carry out rescue work, a helicopter will be used to supply food to remote areas that are otherwise inaccessible by roads.

If you know that people have a higher propensity towards Double Stuf Oreos than regular Oreos at a specific time of year based on how they interact on your site, then you're in a much better position to start making decisions on product development, innovation, marketing and how you position your brand," added Gartner analyst Jennifer Polk.

"Our Nepali staff and their international colleagues are working flat out to help those in need of humanitarian assistance. Time is of the essence to get food to those who urgently needed it."

E-commerce in the food sphere has a way to go, but with recent innovations in food tech disrupting traditional retail and distribution, it might be smart for companies to break into a less crowded space to get ahead.

Bangladesh and Dubai will also be contributing with emergency food supplies such as high-energy biscuits.

he United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched an emergency operation to help survivors of the Nepal earthquake. WFP will be sending its food trucks to Gorkha that is said to be the worst affected. Nearly 1.4 million people will be provided with food, amounting to $116.5m under the programme for the next three months. WFP said it will start distributing rice from its existing operations in the country.

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WFP's country director and representative in Nepal Pippa Bradford said: "Our thoughts are with the people of Nepal at this terrible time. Apart from providing food supplies to the affected areas, WFP will also provide logistical support for the entire aid operation in Nepal. The UN has also released $15m as emergency aid to help the country that is currently facing an acute shortage of food, water, electricity and medicines. According to the UN, approximately eight million people have been affected by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck on 25 April.

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FOOD INGREDIENTS NEWS

Anand Gopaladesikan Doehler MULTI-SENSORY appointed as Managing Director

of Wacker Chemie India

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graduate of Mumbai based S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research also underlined his personal commitment to the company. “I see WACKER as a strong organization powered by people with a strong and determined spirit. The opportunity to further develop WACKER’s business in the region is extremely exciting to me.” WACKER in India WACKER has been present in India since the 1970s, working with various partners and distributors. In 1995, Wacker Chemicals South Asia Pvt. Ltd. opened its first liaison office in Mumbai to more closely support regional customers in India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. In late 1998, WACKER joined forces with its Indian partner Metroark Ltd. to found Wacker Metroark Chemicals Private Limited, headquartered in Kolkata. The joint venture, in which WACKER has a 51 percent stake, produces silicones, primarily for the textile and personal care industry. WACKER expanded its office in Mumbai in 2000 to augment its Indian marketing and sales activities in the area of polymeric binders for the construction and coatings industry. In 2007, Wacker Chemie India Pvt. Ltd. was founded as a 100 percent subsidiary, chartered to boost regional sales activities, particularly for polymers. The office in Mumbai hosts both sales operations and a technical center. With this, WACKER bolsters its technological leadership in top-quality chemical raw materials, particularly in the vigorously growing construction sector. Today – with offices in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bangalore, as well as in Dhaka in Bangladesh – WACKER operates in the most important commercial centers on the Indian subcontinent. Key markets are the textile, personal care, construction, coatings, adhesives and packaging sectors. Today, WACKER employs more than 200 people in India and generates roughly €100 million in regional sales.

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The demand for advanced training is huge The training centre in Bogotá offers a workshop on how to use the Contiroll HS labeller with a hotmelt station, whose functioning is explained in detail by demonstrating the labelling process, together with fine adjustment of the individual assemblies and the electrical and electronic technologies involved. Besides the labeller, the training rooms are also equipped with a module of the VODM filler and a station of the Contiform blow-moulding machine. A second level of the centre accommodates the automation modules and networks.

he sophisticated technology of Krones’ machines and lines offers optimum preconditions for good performance. But the actual efficiency achieved by bottling and canning lines is essentially determined by the deployment of skilled, properly qualified operators and by meticulous maintenance. KronesAndinahas accordingly, at its facility in Bogotá, Colombia, built its own training centre for the operating and maintenance staff of Krones’ clients, in close liaison with the Krones Academy. In early May 2015, the new training centre was inaugurated in the buildings ofthe Colombian subsidiary. KronesAndinais responsible for providing lifecycle service support in a territory that includes not only Colombia, but also Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Panama. The training centre’s principal remit is to foster and inculcate soundly based in-depth knowledge among the clients’ staff, and to prepare them for handling new machine technologies.

The Krones Academy can choose from a very sizable pool of trainers worldwide, and deploy them responsively for training events in Colombia. One of the paramount preconditions for intensive communication of the requisite knowledge is to eliminate the language barrier. Which is why care has been taken to ensure that the lessons are given in the native Spanish language of the clients’ staff. The demand for advanced training in Latin America is huge. So the initiative for the new training centre was fuelled not least by the wishes and needs of the clients concerned. This training centre will make a meaningful contribution towards upgrading the knowledge of the technical personnel in the region’s various countries. The feedback from clients in Latin America’s beverage industry on the inauguration of the Krones Academy has been correspondingly enthusiastic. The Colombian offshoot of the Krones Academyalso offers a workshop on how to use the Contiroll HS labeller with a hotmelt station.

The Colombian offshoot of the Krones Academy initially features three training rooms. The clients’ operating and maintenance staffcan be trained on the spot in how to use the technologies concerned to optimum effect and gain handson experience, so as to improve meaningful comprehension and trouble-shooting capabilities, and thus make their own lines run more smoothly.

ncreasing health awareness among consumers is anticipated to drive the global green packaging market to reach $ 203.15 billion by 2021 from $ 132.47 billion in 2014, growing at a CAGR of 6.2% from 2015 to 2021, according to a Transparency Market Research (TAM) report. The green packaging market can be bifurcated into: recycled content packaging, reusable packaging and degradable packaging. The various categories of recycled content packaging are paper packaging, plastic packaging, metal packaging, glass packaging and others. The reusable packaging is segmented into drums, plastic container and others. Currently, consumers are becoming conscious about their health. Toxic materials used in packaging, especially food packaging is hazardous to consumer’s health. “In addition, consumer preference towards healthy and biodegradable packaging is one of the key driving factors responsible for the growth of green packaging market due to its health benefits,” said TAM in a press release. Moreover, concern is of green increase in consumers

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This is how scientists are making CAMPCO to boost chocolate chocolates better plant capacity machine. It's powerful and the 2.3-kilometre particle accelerator is particularly useful for examining very small samples. After using the machine, the researchers were able to study the underlying processes of chocolate bloom in real-time. It revealed that the bloom was caused by the migration of liquid fats (like cocoa butter) to the surface of the chocolate, where it crystallises.

ave you ever thrown a chocolate in the bin because it had a dusty, thin white layer on it? Well, fret no more as German scientists are finding ways to study why it is formed and how it can be reduced. Even though the white dusty layer (read bloom) is appetising, many people reject a chocolate because of it. In a bid to reveal the process of the bloom and find ways to prevent it, scientists at German national research centre Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), and Nestle (which funded the research) are using a powerful X-ray. The study's main author Svenja Reinke of TUHH said that the fat blooming was perfectly harmless and it caused millions in damage to the food industry as a result of rejects and customer complaints. "Despite this well-known quality issue, comparatively little has been known until now about its root causes," she was quoted as saying. Now, the DESY's PETRA III is no ordinary

"This can happen when liquid chocolate cools down in an uncontrolled manner and unstable crystals form, for example," Reinke said, adding "But even at room temperature, a quarter of the lipids [fat molecules] contained in chocolate are already in a liquid state." During the process, the chocolate was turned into a fine powder to investigate the behaviour of different mixes of the components of it like cocoa, sugar, milk powder and cocoa butter. Powderising the chocolate speeds up the blooming processes. Afterwards, a few drops of sunflower oil were put on each of the chocolate samples, which expedited the fat migration process. The oil penetrated the chocolate quickly, altering the chocolate's internal structure. Over a couple of hours, the liquid fat dissolved the chocolate's lipid structures, making the entire chocolate structure softer, which in turn increases lipid migration. After the study, Reinke said one consequence might, for example, be to reduce the porosity of the chocolate during manufacture, so that the fat migrates more slowly. "Another approach is to limit the amount of fat that is present in a liquid form by storing the product in cool, but not too cold, conditions. 18 degrees Celsius [65 degrees Farenheit] is ideal," she added.

entral Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative Ltd (CAMPCO) is working to enhance its cocoa processing capacity to boost chocolate production and industrial sales. The cooperative, which has posted all-time high profit of Rs. 60 crore and registered another alltime high turnover of Rs. 1,540 crore in 2014-15, will add a 3,000-tonne chocolate-mixing plant to its existing 8,000-tonne plant, said CAMPCO president Konkodi Padmanabha.Speaking to presspersons, Mr. Padmanabha said that while the cooperative’s area of operation (membership, procurement etc) is confined to Kerala and Karnataka, it has is pan-India regarding marketing. Its chocolate products have strong presence in southern India, Madhya Pradesh as well as the Himalayan States like Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand, he said. Prices of arecanut have risen constantly, from Rs. 78 and Rs. 93 a kg for white and red arecanut in 2010-11 to Rs. 330 and Rs. 405 respectively, he said. The cooprative’s annual turnover has increased from Rs. 589.96 crore to Rs. 1,540 crore and the profit from Rs. 19.16 crore to Rs. 60 crore. While Rs. 497.67 crore worth of arecanut had been procured in 2010-11, it had now increased to Rs. 1,241.78 crore.

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Similarly the sales also increased from Rs. 487.02 crore to Rs. 1,292.77 crore, he said. Sales of chocolates also grew from Rs. 30.25 crore to Rs. 54 crore. CAMPCO’s sale of industrial products (cocoa powder, cocoa butter, plain chocolates etc.), rose from Rs. 50.34 crore to Rs. 129.04 crore, Mr. Padmanabha said. He added that cocoa is bought at Rs. 65 per kg as against the Rs. 55 offered by multinational chocolate companies. CAMPCO Vice President Satishchandra Bhandari and others were present.

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emand for Muslim food is on the rise. The prospects for "halal" meat were the subject of discussion today at Meat-Tech (Milan Trade Fair), an exhibition of technologies for the sector that is running in tandem with the IPACKIMA fair. There are two million Muslims in Italy alone, 35 million in Europe and 1.6 billion in the world. Muslims consumers therefore make up a very large market, but one that needs to be catered to according to specific ethical and religious principles governing the production of goods and services. In fact, goods and services must be "permitted", or "halal" in Arabic. A practising Muslim will always seek out a halal-certified product that complies with Islamic principles of production and storage. This is true also of meat, 63% of the global annual consumption of which, excluding pork, is in the Islamic world. European large distribution chains have for some time recognized the value of this market segment. In Italy, too, investment in this area is destined to increase. Halal was the central theme of a conference held in the course of MeatTech, an exhibition of meat processing technologies that is taking place at Fiera Milano in parallel with IPACK-IMA, one of the top exhibitions in the world for the food and non-food process and packaging industries. "In Europe, the halal meat market is enjoying unprecedented growth, albeit at different rates

from country to country," declared Alberto Di Martino, head of ICB Quality/HalalWorld, the accredited certification body. "The UK and France have experienced double-digit growth for over a decade, whereas in Germany the market is still in its infancy. We estimate that the halal food market in Europe is worth around €60 billion per year, including both individual consumption and exports. Of this, halal meat accounts for at least €25 billion. The estimates for Italy suggest a consumption level of at least €2 billion, most of which passes through a large number of smallscale Islamic butchers. Sales, however, are destined to move into the arena of supermarkets.” How much does it cost a company to adapt? Complying with halal standards requires a quality management system similar to what is already in place in many production plants. For others, however, conversion to halal may require the physical separation of processing areas, or else the staggering of production over different time periods. The rules are meticulous, but not particularly complicated for those working in the food production sector. For example, halal management systems dovetail perfectly with the certified quality standards already used by producers who work with supermarkets. In addition, halal certification is already a prerequisite for importation into many Muslim countries. For instance, it is impossible to export aviculture products to at least 30 countries without halal certification.

New antibiotic standard for poultry in US

reduce overall antibiotic use and slow the growth of superbugs." The Pew Charitable Trusts said the standard is focused on reducing the amount of antibiotics used in poultry to bring down the emergence of drug-resistant bacteria in food-animal production, which will protect both human and animal health in the long run.

he US has developed a new standard for the responsible use of antibiotics in chicken for school lunches.

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will verify the Certified Responsible Antibiotic Use (CRAU) standard that was developed by School Food FOCUS (Food Options for Children in the US) and The Pew Charitable Trusts. USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service Quality Assessment Division will audit poultry companies using either its Process Verified Program or its Quality System Assessment As per the rules, producers will only be allowed to add antibiotics to the chicken under a veterinarian's supervision and the antibiotics will have to be administered only to control and treat disease, instead of promoting growth.

The country's biggest chicken producer Tyson Foods has become the first company in the country to adopt the standard. Recently, Tyson also announced that it will aim to eliminate the use of human antibiotics in its chicken flocks completely by the end of September 2017. Pew's Antibiotic Resistance Project's senior officer Gail Hansen said: "This new standard will guide producers who want to use antibiotics in the most limited way possible in order to protect animal health, reduce overall antibiotic use and slow the growth of superbugs that threaten human health worldwide." School Food FOCUS director of strategic development Kathy Lawrence said CRAU has been developed to meet the demand for more sustainably produced food and is aimed at chicken, which is the primary protein source in school lunches.

CRAU will also apply to chicken being delivered to hospitals and other institutional customers. "This new standard will guide producers who want to use antibiotics in the most limited way possible in order to protect animal health,

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"The two new facilities will have a production capacity of 50-60 tonnes per day each," he said. The company, primarily operating out of Kolkata has two plants in Narayanpur and Dhulagarh in West Bengal with a joint production capacity of 100 tonnes each day. Agarwalla said of the total production capability in its plants, it is presently utilising 25 percent. "As we expand our reach in north and west India, more (manufacturing) facilities will come up," he said. The company is also planning to come up with cakes, cookies and soya chunk products besides expanding its biscuits portfolio. It has set a target of doubling its revenues in the current fiscal.

Osmania biscuits of Hyderabad to reach byond city & exports

uch to the delight of foodies in the city, who swear by Hyderabad's culinary traditions, the humble Osmania Biscuit was handpicked to soon be made available at F&B lounges at the international airports in Mumbai and Bengaluru. Syed Irfan, co-owner and partner at one of the city's oldest bakeries, confirms that the plan is to take these quintessentially Hyderabadi biscuits not only to airports, but also abroad, to places like UAE where retailers are also looking at setting up manufacturing unit. "It is like taking a piece of

Hyderabad's heritage to the world," he says. The news draws its significance from the fact that Hyderabad has for long been associated with biryani and haleem, when it comes to food and Osmania has largely remained a favourite within the city's circuit and travellers to Hyderabad. The biscuits were first baked on the demand of the last Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, who wanted a snack that was a little sweet and a little salty. Back then, a bakery located at Abids made them. Today, the evening chai is incomplete without these biscuits anywhere in the city.

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FOOD PROCESSING NEWS

In Amethi, Rahul Gandhi raises pitch over Food Park; Modi govt hits back

ongress vice president Rahul Gandhi raised the pitch over the mega food park in his Amethi Lok Sabha constituency as he toured the area and alleged "politics of revenge", attracting sharp reaction from the government which accused him of "spreading falsehood". The 44-year-old Congress vice president marched through the dusty pathways of Amethi to reach the site of the scrapped project, saying he had come here to expose the "bluff" of the Centre which has maintained that the responsibility for its cancellation lay with the promoter company and the previous UPA government. "Land had been allotted. Work was very much underway," he said, while alleging that "food park project has been snatched from us as per a wellplanned conspiracy". While targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Gandhi said "BJP wants to hurt me through this politics of revenge. But in reality, the farmers are getting affected, not me. BJP is playing such politics in other states as well, like Punjab, Telangana, Maharashtra and Haryana, wherever farmers can be suppressed." He said the food park would have benefitted farmers of 10 districts as they could directly send their produce to the processing units. Addressing a gathering of farmers in Mirzagarh village, Gandhi asserted that "we will not be cowed down and would pressure the government to get it (food park project) back".

At a 'kisan panchayat' in Shankargarh area, he said Prime Minister Narendra Modi "never went to the house of any farmer. He does not know the pain of the farmers." In Delhi, Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur accused Gandhi of spreading "falsehood" and playing a "mega fraud" on the people, insisting that promoters of the project were pursuing a power plant in the name of food park. She said the decision to deny any further extension to project was taken in March last year when UPA was in power and asked Gandhi to do his "homework". "Neither Rahul nor his party was serious to set up the food park... Rahul is spreading falsehood," Kaur told reporters and questioned where the Congress leader was all the while since the project was cancelled in July last year. "When I saw the file, it was shocking to note that in the name of mega food park, they were spreading mega lies. If you see their proposed revenue model, after getting cheap gas, they proposed to earn 62 per cent revenue from power generation," the union minister said. She spoke to the media while Gandhi was touring Amethi, his Lok Sabha constituency, alleging that the Modi government had cancelled the project because of "politics of revenge" and therefore hit the farmers badly. Kaur said food processing, which was projected as the purpose for setting up of the unit, was given only a fraction of revenue in the proposal. Citing documents, she alleged that the permission to Shaktiman Mega Foodpark for setting up of the unit at Amethi was done in "haphazard manner". "The show-cause notice to the promoter asking why the allocation of food park should not be

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Watermelons from Iran declared safe for consumption in UAE

day after the UAE temporarily stopped the sale of Iranian watermelons in the country as a precautionary measure, the country's Ministry of Environment and Water declared the fruit is safe for consumption.

A consignment of the fruit that reached the country last week was found to contain holes, due to which they were confiscated by the Sharjah Municipality. Unconfirmed social media reports said holes were made to inject pesticide materials.

The Khaleej Times reported that a top official from the Health and Environment Department confirmed that an inspection of the melons found brown holes in the fruit. A few of the melons also had stones inside them.

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"Radon tests carried out on the fruit confirmed they were free from any chemical substances, insecticides or other pollutants." However, radon tests carried out on the fruit confirmed they were free from any chemical substances, insecticides or other pollutants. The ministry said in a statement: "Tests also showed the melons are radiation free. The holes found on the fruit were caused by an insect infection." According to the Al Bayan Arabic language newspaper, following the poisoning scare, Iranian watermelons were removed from the markets, cooperative societies, supermarkets and groceries in Abu Dhabi. Emirates 24/7 reported this disappearance came after the Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority's (ADFCA) decision to ban the sale of melons imported from Iran. Removal of the Iranian watermelons in the nation has led to an exponential rise in the price of watermelons being imported from other places such as Jordan.

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TEA & COFFEE NEWS

Bengal government responsible for closure of

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nion Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman held the West Bengal government responsible for the closure and the pathetic condition of the tea gardens in North Bengal.

(2012-13 to 2016-17) that has a total outlay of Rs.1,425 crore. The scheme has been formulated with the principal objective of maintaining a healthy balance between supply and demand for meeting the domestic demand in full and maintaining a reasonable share in the global market.

India’s coffee exports up by over 7.22% in Apr Rs 509.63 crore during April of FY 2015-16 as against Rs 491.17 crore in the year ago. Coffee prices in international markets are under pressure due to production surplus in Brazil, the world’s leading producer. Also, Brazil’s currency is ruling weak against the US dollar, the official added.

A day after visiting the closed tea gardens of Dooars, Sitharaman attended the stakeholders' consultation on tea sector in this town of Darjeeling district. Darjeeling MP S.S. Ahluwalia, North Bengal Development Department minister Gautam Deb, Tea Board members and stakeholders were present in the meeting. "I have visited the closed Surendra Nagar and Red Bank tea gardens and the condition of the workers are pathetic. This is all because of the carelessness of the state labour department. I will seek the report on the actual condition of the workers of the tea gardens in the state," she said.

India exports both arabica and robusta varieties besides instant coffee.

offee exports from the country have increased by 7.22 per cent to 31,060 tonnes in April this year compared to the same month in 2014, but value realisation was lower due to sluggish global prices.

Major export destinations for coffee are Italy, Germany, Turkey, Russian Federation and Belgium among others. As per post-monsoon estimate, the country’s coffee output is pegged at 3,31,000 tonne for 2014-15 crop year (October-September), against 3,04,500 tonne in the last year.

The country had shipped 28,966 tonnes of coffee in the same period last year, the Coffee Board said in its latest report. According to Coffee Board’s data, export value realisation was Rs 1,64,078.56 per tonne in the period under review as against Rs 1,69,561.48 per tonne in the said period last year. “The volumes of exports have increased, but value realisation has come down due to weak global prices,” a senior Board official said. Coffee shipments in value terms stood at

She also assured of efforts to reopen the closed tea gardens and provide minimum wage for the workers after consultation with the state government.

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The minister said she would submit to the central government the detailed information and complaints that she received from the workers. The centre would then seek report on reduction of fringe benefits, lack of water, power, educational institutions, medical facilities, malnutrition and Provident Fund default, she added. Asked if the central government had any plans to take over the closed tea gardens of North Bengal, Sitharaman said, "By taking over the tea gardens by the government it would not solve the problems of the workers and industry at large." The union minister discussed with the stakeholders the Tea Development and Promotion Scheme for the XII plan period

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EVENT NEWS

Vitafoods Asia 2015:

Asiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Definitive Nutraceutical Event T

he fifth edition of Vitafoods Asia, the only event dedicated to the nutraceutical, functional food and beverages, and dietary supplement industries in Asia, returns to Hong Kong from 2 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3 September 2015 at the AsiaWorld-Expo. Pre-registration is now open at www.vitafoodsasia.com/register, and entrance is free for industry professionals. The global nutraceutical market has to-date enjoyed steady growth for more than a decade, and factors widely recognised as drivers include an increasing consumer interest and awareness in diet-disease relationships, rising healthcare costs, and a growing ageing population. According to Euromonitor International, the retail value of fortified (or functional) food and beverages across Asia Pacific is expected to grow by 50.0% from 2014 - 2019, amounting to US$153.7 billion by the end of that period. Within the region, the top five performing markets are China, Japan, Indonesia, South Korea, and Hong Kong respectively, with China accounting for nearly 60% of the territory's total sales.

Global Market Theatre, a new complimentary series of learning opportunities presented by industry specialists, such as EAS Strategies, Innova Market Insights, and Euromonitor International. Held across both days of the show, these 90-minute sessions outline key aspects of doing business â&#x20AC;&#x201C; market overview, regulations overview, and insights on products and ingredients â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in six top country markets within Asia, including China and Japan. Further enhancing education and knowledge-

exchange at the event is the second run of the Vitafoods Asia Conference, with a new and expanded programme. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conference combines best practice within business and R&D to provide an overview on the full production cycle, exploring what it takes to get a product from concept to market. The Conference programme is divided into two streams â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the first focusing on how to turn consumer and business intelligence into

Catering to the varied needs of manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, scientists, R&D personnel, and marketing professionals, Vitafoods Asia features over 170 international exhibiting companies, who will present their latest ingredients and raw materials to upwards of 3,000 visitors from across Asia. Mr Chris Lee, Portfolio Director, Vitafoods Events, said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Building upon the success of our last event, the team is working to enhance some of the best-loved visitor attractions of the show, as well as introduce fresh elements that will improve the experience for exhibitors and visitors alike. Ultimately, we aim to create a platform that promotes knowledge-sharing and networking, both of which facilitate business deals for the industry.â&#x20AC;?

A Showcase of the Finest & Hottest Innovations Since its inception, Vitafoods Asia has been lauded by industry experts as a professional and specialised trade event that attracts a robust portfolio of exhibitors and quality visitors. In the upcoming edition, attendees can expect to see the industryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest ingredients, technologies, services, and finished products. Popular visitor attractions that are returning to the show include the New Products Zone, which pinpoints for visitors the ingredients that have been launched in the last 12 months; the Exhibitor Presentation Theatre, which offers a programme of live research seminars and case study presentations; and the Finished Products Pavilion, where retailers and distributors can discover shelf-ready products that are adaptable for new propositions.

Glimpses of Previous Event

The Tasting Bar, a perennial favourite with attendees and exhibitors alike, offers show attendees an opportunity to vote for their favourite food and beverage this year. For the first time ever, Vitafoods Asia will confer an award for Best Functional Food and Best Functional Beverage to exhibitors who garner the most votes on-site. Inspiring Education & Development Opportunities Apart from the opportunity to view cutting-edge ingredients and meet new suppliers, attendees can also look forward to the

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insight and competitive growth strategies, and the second showcasing the latest innovation in R&D and product development in a selection of key health areas, including weight management, ageing, and probiotics. For more information on the definitive exhibition for the nutraceutical, functional food and beverages, and dietary supplement industries, please visit www.vitafoodsasia.com.

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TECHNOLOGY NEWS

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