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Food processing is the transformation of agricultural products into food, or of one form of food into other forms. Food processing takes many forms, from grinding grain into raw flour , home cooking , and complex industrial methods used in the making of convenience foods .
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) is a statutory body established in 1986 under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, to promote the export and development of agricultural and processed food products in India. It also monitors the import of sugar.
Induction of modern technology into the food processing industries from both domestic and external sources. Maximum utilization of agricultural residues and by-products of the primary agricultural produce as also of the processed industry. To encourage R&D in food processing for product and process development and improved packaging.
Its purpose was to increase processing of perishables from 6% to 20% and to increase India's share in global food trade by at least 3% up to year 2015. According to an estimate, [ 2 ] the Indian food industry was to grow from $200 million USD to $310 million USD in 2015 by this plan.
Meat Products of India Ltd (MPI) is a major Indian meat processing, packaging, and distribution company based in Edayar, Koothattukulam in the district of Ernakulam, Kerala. Established in 1973, MPI is a public sector undertaking .
The standards have been in force since 1955 by the law of Fruit Products Order, after which the mark is named, [3] [4] but the mark itself got a mandatory status only after the Food Safety and Standards Act of 2006. [5] A FPO license is, in fact, necessary to start a fruit processing industry in India. [6]
The food industry is a complex, global network of diverse businesses that supplies most of the food consumed by the world's population. The food industry today has become highly diversified, with manufacturing ranging from small, traditional, family-run activities that are highly labour-intensive, to large, capital-intensive and highly ...
Fruits like apples, oranges, pears, peaches, litchis, and plums are widely grown and important to the large food processing industry. Agricultural export zones have been set up in the state for leechi, horticulture, herbs, medicinal plants, and basmati rice.