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The government has decided to grant permission for the private sector to import rice. Cabinet spokesman, Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayathissa said that this matter was discussed at yesterday’s Cabinet meeting. During the meeting, all Cabinet ministers had agreed to allow the private sector to import rice. Accordingly, the private sector will take steps to import the necessary stock of rice to the country promptly. Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayathissa also mentioned that any type of rice can be imported.

The Indian delegation led by CEO FSSAI is making a ‘forceful’ intervention at the 47th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC47) in Geneva, Switzerland, as India is taking lead in development of global standards. Read More

Carlsberg Denmark has entered into an agreement with DLG and Viking Malt to purchase Danish malt barley grown according to regenerative principles. The malt barley will be used for a specially brewed Carlsberg, which will be available in 2025 and be Carlsberg’s first beer in Denmark with regenerative raw materials. Read More

Packaged drinking water is often considered to be the safest option to beat the thirst in case of unavailability of safe drinking water. Read More

India needs a greater focus on farmers with small land holdings and formulate a strategy to increase their income in order to realise the goal of a Viksit Bharat, or a developed nation by 2047, said PK Mishra, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, while delivering the 19th CD Deshmukh Memorial Lecture. Read More

In a rather stern warning to the BRICS nations—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—President-elect Donald Trump has threatened 100% tariffs on their exports to the United States if they pursue efforts to replace the U.S. dollar in global trade. Read More

Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) is implementing a Centrally Sponsored- “Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme” for providing financial, technical and business support for upgradation of micro food processing enterprises in the country. The scheme is operational for a period of five years from 2020-21 to 2025-26 with an outlay of Rs. 10,000 Crore.  The scheme aims to enhance the competitiveness of existing individual micro-enterprises in the unorganized segment of the food processing industry and promote formalization of the sector.  Read More

Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday expressed confidence in the resilience of India-US relations as Donald Trump gears up for another term in the White House. Read More

The Allahabad High Court has clarified that an offence under the Food Safety & Standards Act is committed on the date on which the Food Analyst’s report is received, not when the sample is collected. Read More

The FSSAI has notified compositional standards of mozzarella cheese wherein fat in dry matter shall be 18% (minimum) and 20% (minimum), respectively, for low moisture and high moisture mozzarella cheese. Further, “suitable qualifiers linked to fat in dry matter specified shall be used in conjunction with the designation ‘Mozzarella Cheese’ and the designation of mozzarella cheese with high moisture content shall also be accompanied by the qualifying term ‘High moisture’,” reads the notification. According to the notified standards mozzarella cheese can be designated as partially skimmed, medium fat, full fat and high fat. Equal to or above 18% to 30% fat in dry matter content mozzarella cheese shall be designated as partially skimmed and medium fat should have fat in dry matter equal to or above 30% and less than 45%. Similarly above & equal to 45% but less than 60% fat in dry content shall be designated as full fat while fat in dry matter equal to or above 60% but less than 85% shall be designated as high fat mozzarella cheese.  According to FSSAI, these regulations shall come into effect from May 1, 2025.