Saturday, 06 March, 2021, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
Ranjana Sharma, Mumbai
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Maharashtra undertook a special drive on Friday to check the quality of food being cooked and served at a five-star hotel in Mumbai s Bandra.
The drive was undertaken to primarily check the state of hygiene and food safety standards at the restaurant.
Shashikant Kekare, Joint Commissioner (Food),FDA, Brihanmumbai , said âWe have collected these samples from hotel like Amul Gouda Cheese,Idly Batter, Watermelon Juice and Fruit Puree Green Apple on Friday. He added that the samples were sent for analysis.
G M Kadam and Y S Kanse, FSO, M N Choudhari, Assistant Commissioner, Food, and Food Safety Officers were amongst the officers involved in the special drive.
Saturday, 06 March, 2021, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
Our Bureau, Mumbai
Sunfeastâs Dark Fantasy introduced Indian consumers to a unique and superior centre-filled cookie experience a decade ago with the launch of its flagship product, Dark Fantasy Choco-Fills. It had disrupted the market by creating an indulgent product segment namely, âNew Experiencesâ which is valued roughly around Rs 1,000 crore. After creating and leading the category, it is pushing the envelope of newer experiences in its second decade, starting with exciting additions and a holistic revamp of the portfolio.
The refreshed portfolio will witness a reimagined packaging design, new product formats, variants, sizes and communication. Leading the first-to-market new experience would be the launch of Dark Fantasy Nut Fills, a product which brings together a popular pairing of nuts and chocolate. This one-of-its-kind cookie is expected to delight the consumers with the crunch and
Saturday, 06 March, 2021, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
Our Bureau, Bengaluru
Agri-tech startup Harvesting has launched HFNMandi.com to help Indian farmers directly market and sell their agri-products to wholesale buyers. It is a free online service for farmers to connect and transact with genuine buyers across India and internationally.
This journey of providing market linkage to farmers started less than a year ago when founder and CEO, Ruchit Garg, started a Twitter account to help distressed farmers across the country sell their crops during strict Covid lockdown. Within days of the launch, it logged close to 15,000 followers as they started sharing key details like name, type and quantity of the product, and location/phone number for the buyers to call the farmers directly to purchase their harvest.
Saturday, 06 March, 2021, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
Neil Giles
Managing successful packaged food production lines often requires manufacturers to be able to operate within tight financial margins. For this purpose, a well-established metric in the industry is Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
In simple terms, TCO takes into consideration the purchase price of a piece of equipment, as well as the operational costs it incurs overtime. TCO is often used in procurement analysis when preparing business cases to secure additional capital expenditure to update food production lines, as TCO focuses on all costs directly related to the piece of equipment itself.
However, packaged food manufacturers are increasingly considering another metric to measure the overall productivity and effectiveness of their production lines: Total Delivered Cost (TDC).
Saturday, 06 March, 2021, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
Singapore
The CropLife Asia 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) commenced virtually, bringing together plant science industry leaders from across the continent. This year s edition of the annual gathering includes a unique focus on how the global pandemic has impacted various aspects of the regional food supply chain as well as the official presentation of the newly-elected Board of Directors.
The 2021 Board consists of:
Gustavo Palerosi Carneiro - president, CropLife Asia (BASF);Alexander Berkovskiy - vice president, CropLife Asia (Syngenta);Jens Hartmann - Treasurer, CropLife Asia (Bayer);Peter Ford - Secretary, CropLife Asia (Corteva Agriscience)
Gustavo Palerosi Carneiro, president, CropLife Asia, said, It is an honour to lead CropLife Asia at such a consequential time for our region and industry. The challenges we face in Asia are daunting. While our region remains home to the highest number of hungry