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US President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement to impose high tariffs on imports from China and other countries would be beneficial for Indian exporters and they must prepare themselves to tap the opportunity, NITI Aayog CEO BVR Subrahmanyam said. Read More

Besides mandating training for delivery executives, the FSSAI has barred foodtech platforms from listing any seller on their platforms without displaying their registration numbers. Read More

Some food sold in shops across Abu Dhabi must include a new nutritional grading system on their packaging from June next year, authorities said. Read More

In a decisive step to protect students of government schools and hostels from food poisoning, the Telangana government now requires school officials to taste the food before it is served to students. Photographs documenting this process must be uploaded daily to a designated app. Read More

The Government of India has issued the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (Sixteenth Amendment) Order, 2024. The notification was published on November 20, 2024 and has come into immediate effect. This amendment introduces special conditions for importing coffee beans into the country. Read More

Frutas de Chile and the Federation of Chilean Industry (Sofofa) met with India’s ambassador to Chile, Abhilasha Joshi, last week to discuss ways to strengthen commercial ties between the two countries. Read More

Sri Lanka has extended a food import tax on potatoes to around 60,000 rupees a tonne (about 205 US dollars) but slashed a tax onion to 10,000 rupees (about 34 dollars) from 40,000 rupees a tonne, according to gazette notice. Read More

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