Netherlands is willing to establish a dairy training centre in Uttar Pradesh
Netherlands ambassador Marten Van Den Berg met chief minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow on Tuesday. The ambassador expressed the country’s desire to support UP in modernising its agriculture and dairy sector. The Ambassador also told the CM that the Netherlands is willing to establish a training centre in the state to train its dairy farmers in…
No new restrictions on plant-based dairy products by EU parliament
News just in from the GFI reveals that the EU has rejected plans for unprecedented restrictions on plant-based dairy. EU leaders have dropped plans to impose new restrictions on plant-based dairy products, which could have banned them from displaying allergen information, being sold in cartons and using images of their own products. Terms such as “milk” and “yogurt” are still forbidden….
No coercive action for using dairy terms by Plant based products Cos : HC
The Delhi High Court Friday protected five companies selling plant-based milk products, such as almond and oats milk, from any coercive steps pursuant to FSSAI orders directing action against them, including de-listing by e-commerce food business operators, if they used “dairy terms” for their goods. Justice Rekha Palli, who was hearing a batch of petitions…
Agri transport and marketing plan extended to dairy, aid hiked
The government on Friday extended the Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) for Specified Agriculture Products Scheme to dairy products and increasing the rates of assistance under the scheme. Under the TMA scheme, the government reimburses a certain portion of international freight charges to mitigate the disadvantage of high freight costs faced by Indian agriculture produce…
Agri transport and marketing plan extended to dairy, aid hiked
The government on Friday extended the Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) for Specified Agriculture Products Scheme to dairy products and increasing the rates of assistance under the scheme. Under the TMA scheme, the government reimburses a certain portion of international freight charges to mitigate the disadvantage of high freight costs faced by Indian agriculture produce…
The Milk Bag Project: 7.5 Lakh Milk Packets Recycled by 3 women
It is often a small spark that inspires big change. That is exactly what happened when a viral social media post led to three women saving almost 7.5 lakh plastic milk packets from polluting the earth. This post cautioned its viewers against snipping the corners off packets of milk to pour the liquid out. It…
Banas dairy to set up a 5 Lakh LPD dairy plant for Rs 500 Crs in Varanasi
THE Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Limited— popularly known as Banas Dairy — in Palanpur has formally started preparations for setting up a milk plant in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency Varanasi. A team from Banas Dairy, led by its chairman Shankar Chau-dhary, accompanied by directors, visited Varanasi Sunday after allocation of land…
Draft notification of Vegan Foods for inviting comments by FSSAI
Draft Regulations Short Title and Commencement – (1) These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Vegan Foods) Regulations, 2021. Definitions- (1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) ―Vegan Food means those foods or food ingredients that have not made use of any ingredients, additives and processing aids of animal…
20 dairy firms emit more greenhouse gas than Germany, Britain or France
Twenty livestock companies are responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than either Germany, Britain or France – and are receiving billions of dollars in financial backing to do so, according to a new report by environmental campaigners. Raising livestock contributes significantly to carbon emissions, with animal agriculture accounting for 14.5% of the world’s greenhouse gas…
Rupala reviewed the implementation of dairy schemes in UP
Union Minister Parshottam Rupala on Tuesday reviewed the implementation of animal husbandry and dairy schemes in Uttar Pradesh and asked the state government to promote Kisan Credit Card for livestock farmers. Rupala held a review meeting with Uttar Pradesh’s Animal husbandry and Dairying Minister, an official statement said. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan and L Murugan participated in…