The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), recently introduced its new logo for organic foods. This move by FSSAI will help consumers to correctly identify authentic food. This new logo has been designed to specify the standards of organic and non-organic foods. Now, organic food products cannot be sold without this new logo.

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has ordered beverage companies to remove claims of '100 per cent fruit juice' from labels as well as advertisements of reconstituted fruit juice products from immediate effect. Fruit concentrates and water are used to make reconstituted fruit juices. It has also directed food business operators (FBOs) to exhaust all existing pre-printed packaging materials before September 1. The food safety authority noted that the regulations have no provisions allowing companies to make a '100 per cent fruit juice' claim and hence are misleading.

The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has released the Second Advance Estimates of 2023-24 of Area and Production of various Horticultural Crops compiled on the basis of information received from States/ UTs and other Governmental source agencies.

The Netherlands has emerged as India's third largest export destination after the US and UAE during 2023-24, even as the country's merchandise shipments dipped by over 3 per cent, according to the commerce ministry data. The main commodities which registered healthy exports growth in the Netherlands include petroleum products ($14.29 billion), electrical goods, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals in the last fiscal.