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India needs domestic food processing machinery

capabilities to reduce imports: Official

ndia must build domestic "Despite our success in Secretary, Ministry of Food stakeholder consultation portal co l l e c t i ve a c t i o n f ro m
capabilities in food production and exports, we Processing Industries, at the by the Food Safety and government, industry, experts
Iprocessing machinery to remain heavily dependent on National Conference on Food Standards Authority of India and small and medium
reduce its heavy dependence imported food processing Tech organised by ASSOCHAM. (FSSAI) to gather inputs for enterprises to build data-
Deval emphasised that India's m o r e i n c l u s i v e a n d driven, tech-enabled food
agricultural prowess must now i m p l e m e n t a b l e f o o d safety systems.
t r a n s l a t e i n t o g l o b a l regulations. Agricultural and Processed
leadership in food processing Alka Rao, Advisor (Science & F o o d P r o d u c t s E x p o r t
through advanced technology Standards & Regulations), Development Authority
integration. FSSAI, stressed that food (APEDA) Secretary Sudhanshu
"We welcome inputs from regulation and technology highlighted both the potential
stakeholders and are open to must evolve collaboratively. and challenges in India's food
f a c i l i t a t i n g b r o a d e r She underlined the importance processing sector. While India's
consultations to identify of creating structured, d i v e r s e a g r o - c l i m a t i c
concrete, actionable steps. accessible databases and conditions enable production
What matters is taking timely ensuring responsible use of of a wide variety of crops, the
on imports, even as the machinery. It is crucial that the and measurable action to technology, particularly sector faces critical issues such
c o u n t r y l e ve ra g e s i t s industry and government strengthen every link in the artificial intelligence, with due a s p e s t i c i d e r e s i d u e ,
agricultural strength to work together to build food processing value chain," caution regarding bias and data perishability and lack of
emerge as a global leader in domestic capabilities and he added. gaps. "FSSAI is already taking advanced processing and
food processing, a senior improve quality and scale," The conference saw the launch concrete steps to integrate packaging technologies.
government official said. said Devesh Deval, Joint of a dedicated national technology in regulatory Citing successful traceability
processes," Rao said, calling for systems in grapes, organic
FSSAI bans use of '100%' on food labels, Continued on 02

says term misleads consumers

he Food Safety and Standards Furthermore, the Sub-regulation 10(7) of
Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a the aforementioned regulations strictly
Tstrong advisory against the use of the prohibits any advertisement or claim that
term "100%" in food labelling, citing undermines other manufacturers or
concerns over its potential to mislead influences consumer perception in a
consumers. misleading manner.
The apex food regulator, in a statement, said As per Sub-regulation 4(1), it shall be
it has asked all Food Business Operators ensured that the claims must be truthful,
(FBOs) to refrain from using the term on unambiguous, meaningful, not misleading
food labels, packaging, and promotional and help consumers to comprehend the
content, owing to its ambiguity and information provided.
potential for misinterpretation within the The use of the term "100%"whether in
existing regulatory provisions. isolation or combined with other
In the advisory issued, FSSAI highlighted a descriptorsis likely to create a false
noticeable surge in the use of the term impression of absolute purity or superiority,
"100%" across food product labels and FSSAI said and added this could mislead
promotional platforms. consumers into believing that other
The Authority emphasised that such comparable products in the market are
terminology is not only undefined under inferior or non-compliant with regulatory
current regulations but also misleading and standards.
likely to create a false impression among In view of these concerns, all FBOs have
consumers. been advised to not use the term "100%" on
As per the Food Safety and Standards food product labels, packaging, and any
(Advertising and Claims) Regulations, 2018, form of promotional content. FSSAI said it
the term "100%" is not defined or remains committed to ensuring
referenced in any manner under the FSS Act, transparency and fairness in food labelling
2006, or the Rules and Regulations made to protect consumer interests and promote
thereunder. informed choices.