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Centre Encouraging States to Draft Separate food Processing Policy

Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOFPI) is encouraging the State Governments to frame a separate food processing policy for their respective States. This aims to facilitate the States to create enabling environment for creating rural infrastructure, raise level of processing and generate farm level employment keeping in view their distinct agri produce. Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, .....

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Germans are the world’s leading juice drinkers

This year, Anuga Drinks, one of the ten trade shows at Anuga, will once again offer trade buyers and interested caterers an expert information and ordering platform for beverages. Around 500 exhibitors from 61 countries will be concentrated at Anuga Drinks, including many market-leading companies as well as small and medium-sized suppliers. Anuga Drinks is the only trade show worldwide to cover the .....

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Iran becomes top buyer of Brazil beef

Iran has eclipsed Russia to become the biggest buyer of beef from Brazil, the world’s top exporter of the meat, strengthening the countries’ controversial ties and deepening Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s foreign policy dilemma. Brazil sold $61.7m of beef to Iran in August, making the Middle Eastern country the biggest market for Brazil’s key beef exports for the first time on record, the Association of Brazilian .....

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Feasibility study to manufacture food processors

Japanese home appliances major Panasonic is currently engaged in a "feasibility study" for manufacturing "food processors" from its facility near here, a top company official said today. The company has set up a three lakh unit plant at Red Hills near Chennai and invested USD three million so far, manufacturing mixer grinders and cookers. Panasonic also announced that it would invest .....