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Call to adhere to food safety standards

Adhering to food safety standards and practices is very important, especially in a consumer State like Kerala, where people are the end users of the food chain, said Dr M. Beena, Managing Director, Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation. She was speaking at a seminar on ‘New Food Safety Standard Awareness on FSSC 22000' jointly organised by the Kerala Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ladies Forum and British Standard Institution. She said ensuring good food safety practices is essential as we l

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Wholesale onion prices slide in Maharashtra

The wholesale onion prices at the major APMCs in Maharashtra have declined by about Rs 2/kg during the last week due to the increased supply of new as well as stored onions. The downward trend in prices is happening despite the Centre lowering the minimum export price (MEP) to $250/tonne just over a week ago.

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Haryana launches vegetable scheme

Haryana has launched a new scheme to increase vegetable production and productivity and market the produce through farmers' groups, dubbed the 'Vegetable Initiative for Urban Clusters', in Gurgaon and 11 other districts in the state. The districts, where the scheme has been launched, include Mewat, Rewari, Palwal, Faridabad, Jhajjar, Sonepat, Panipat, Rohtak, Karnal and Kurukshetra, which are predominantly vegetable-growing clusters, in addition to Gurgaon, said a spokesman of the Haryana horti

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Karnataka government inks 42 agribusiness pacts valued at Rs 60,000 crore

The Karnataka government, on Monday, announced that it had been able to ink a total of 42 memoranda of understanding (MoUs) entailing investment of more than Rs 60,000 crore during the recently-concluded two-day Global Agri-business and Food Processing Summit organised at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC).