Global retail majors including Walmart have expressed interesti n investing in India’s food retail  sector that was thrown open to foreign direct investment in June. One of Brazil’s largest poultry firms is als ...

Snack companies such as Mondelez and PepsiCo may soon find dairy products to be their biggest competitors as health conscious consumers move increasingly towards nutritious foods and dairy alternatives changing the very definition o ...

A report by Zion Research, titled Cold Chain Market (Chilled and Frozen): Global Industry Perspective, Comprehensive Analysis and Forecast, 2014 – 2020, says the global cold chain market was valued at US$ 110.2 billion in 2014 ...

The PM’s ambitious Blue Revolution plan to triple the country’s earnings from fish exports would need an investment of `7,199 crore, according to the Integrated National Fisheries Action Plan, 2020, prepared by the Centr ...

In a bid to boost the use of solar-powered cold storages, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has extended its subsidy scheme to solar refrigeration units as
well. Most solar powered items, including solar lamps and so ...

Carrier was conferred the prestigious Innovative Cold Chain Technology Award of the Year for its contribution to the cold chain in terms of innovative refrigeration solutions provided to customers in India. Carrier also participated ...

As part of its university engagement initiative to develop India’s talent pool for manufacturing, Danfoss India, a Danish company, has established a Center of Excellence (CoE) at College of Engineering Pune, to enable students ...

Foreign direct investment in the food processing sector is expected to cross $1 billion in the next two years, helped by reforms in FDI space and streamlining of FSSAI regulations, Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal has said.  ...

Food regulator FSSAI has proposed new standards for frozen vegetables and processed fruit products, including commonly used canned tomatoes, frozen peas and jams. In
a draft regulation, the Food Safety and Standards Authority  ...

ASHRAE has issued a call for comments on Addendum h to ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 15-2013, Safety Standard for Refrigeration Systems. This addendum proposes to allow A2L refrigerants in applications requiring machinery rooms, but doe ...