Food & Beverage Polices: Presented by Abhinandn Sawant Omkar Gowli
Food & Beverage Polices: Presented by Abhinandn Sawant Omkar Gowli
Presented By
Abhinandn Sawant
Omkar Gowli
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
IN FOOD PROCESSING SECTOR
FOOD PARK SCHEME
PACKAGING CENTRES
INTEGRATED COLD CHAIN FACILITY
IRRADIATION FACILITIES.
FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES
No industrial license
Pickles & chutneys, tapioca sago and tapioca flour are reserved for
exclusive manufacture in the small scale sector
Export of fruit & vegetable products is freely allowed
FISHERIES
MEAT AND
POULTRY
MILK AND
MILK
PRODUCTS
GRAINS
Rice milling and pulse milling sectors, which were earlier reserved
for the small scale sector, have now been de reserved
PACKAGED
FOODS
THANK YOU
NOTE
The idea behind setting up of food parks is that small and medium entrepreneurs
find it difficult to invest in capital-intensive activities. Therefore, as a part of the
strategy to develop food processing infrastructure, the Ministry has been pro
actively pursuing the task of setting up of food parks in different parts of the
country. In the food parks, common facilities like cold storage, food testing and
analysis lab, affluent treatment pla nt, common processing facilities, packaging
centre, power supply, water supply, seminar / conference / training facilities etc can
be assisted. Financial assistance for food parks is provided at 25 per cent for general
and 33.33 per cent for difficult areas subject to a maximum of Rs. 40 million. Under
the scheme, 02 food parks were assisted under 8th Plan, 39 under 9th Plan Scheme
and 10 under 10th Plan. An amount of Rs. 1.04 billion has been sanctioned up to
December 2005. 22 food parks have become operational.
In a bid to boost the food sector, the Government is working on agrizones and the
concept of mega food parks. Twenty such mega parks will come up across the
country in various cities to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the food
processing sector.
The Government has released a total assistance of US$ 23 million to implement the
Food Parks Scheme. It has so far approved 50 food parks for assistance across the
country. The Centre also plans US$ 22 billion subsidy for at least 10 mega food
processing parks.
PACKAGING CENTRES
IRRADIATION FACILITIES
Sectorwise
FISHERIES
All items can be exported freely except for silver pomfrets of
weight less than 300 grams
Export of marine products is allowed only after registration of
the units as an exporter with the Marine Products Export
Development Authority (MPEDA), Cochin.
GRAINS
Rice milling and pulse milling sectors, which were earlier
reserved for the small scale sector, have now been de reserved
PACKAGED FOODS
The industry is de licensed and automatic approval for foreign
investment up to 51 per cent of equity (except for items like
malted food and items which are reserved for production in small
scale sector) is granted
The packaging laws and regulations affecting food products are
mainly covered under the Standards of Weights and Measures Act,
1976, and the Standards of Weights and Measures (Packaged
Commodities) Rules, 1977 (SWMA) specifying the quantity and
package labeling regulations for all products
The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, and the Prevention
of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955 (PFA) specify food
adulteration/contamination norms and permissible ingredients
from consumer health and safety point of view
The Agmark Rules relate to the quality specifications and needs of
certain agricultural products to be eligible for Agmark certification