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Root cause: India’s spice crown under threat as quality concerns trace back to farmsFarm-level traceability, quality, value addition, and branding are key to converting export scale into global trust, according to experts.- Chirag Paswan flags spice export quality issues, says rejections are “disheartening and embarrassing”Union Minister Paswan highlighted spices’ historic role in India’s trade and their vast untapped potential beyond culinary use.
- India’s spice industry poised for gradual shift toward processed and packaged products: Ramkumar Menon, World Spice OrganisationA gradual shift from whole spices to processed and packaged spices, extracts and seasonings is expected to take place in the coming years, ...
- Budget 2025: Sops in works for organic farming to double exportsThe Indian government is planning to introduce incentives for organic and natural farming to boost organic exports. The initiative aims to ...
- FSSAI calls reports of allowing 10x more MRL in herbs, spices as 'false and malicious'; says India has most 'stringent standards'The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has clarified that it allows 10 times more pesticide residue levels in herbs and s...
- FSSAI allows 10 times more pesticide residue in herbs, spicesIndia dilutes pesticide norms for herbs and spices, raising MRL to 0.1mg/kg. Activists fear harm to exports. Concerns include health risks,...
- AIREA concerned about future of Basmati rice exports as some west Asian countries tighten pesticide normsOman, Egypt, Jordan UAE and Saudi Arabia are among the nations which have adopted pesticide residue norms at part with those in the Europea...
- Rice exporters in India seek European pesticides norms“In many cases, pesticide manufacturers are unwilling to register their products in high potential markets as they find the process costly ...
- Rice exporters seek ban on pesticides unregistered in the US, EUIndia’s rice export to Europe has plunged by 40 per cent in 2018-19 over the issue of maximum residue level (MRL), and the market is likely...
- Punjab plans to cut pesticides use in basmati ricePunjab Agriculture University has already recommended alternatives to these five pesticides and fungicides.
- APEDA to seek skilled workers to aid farmers use pesticidesThe authority is likely to seek clearance from the agriculture ministry for scientific use of chemicals on crops, cut overuse dosage and en...
- Basmati rice millers in India offer higher price to farmers to cut use of chemicalsRice exporters have been advised by Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) to not send high quantiti...
- Exporters seek government intervention as Saudi Arabia halts basmati importsIndian authorities are set to initiate dialogue with the Gulf kingdom to seek mellowing of maximum residue level (MRL) norms that are likel...
- Spices Board sets up pesticide residue analysis labThe OEL, the eighth of such facility established by the agency, is equipped with chromatographic and spectroscopic analytical instrumentati...
- Supreme Court rejects PIL on soft drink safety, but orders periodic checksThe bench disposed of a PIL filed by NGO CPIL demanding an independent expert or technical committee to evaluate the harmful effects of sof...
- Chilli exporters hit as importers tighten safety standardsIndian chilli exporters are facing new challenges as importing nations tighten their food safety standards. This is bad news for chilli exp...
- Coke gets TERI clean chit on eco complianceCoca Cola India on Monday got a clean chit from The Energy and Resources Institute in an audit that did not find pesticides in the water us...
- Soft drink cos in pesticide soup againCSE study finds presence of a 'pesticide cocktail' in 11 brands of soft drink giants PepsiCo and Coca-Cola.
- Pesticides in colas againA new study which alleged the presence of a “pesticide cocktail” in 11 brands of soft drink giants, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo.
- Colas continue to be toxicThe study conducted on 57 samples from 25 manufacturing plants of Coke and Pepsi across 12 states has revealed a cocktail of three to six d...
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