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Centre to set up Food Quality Authority
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Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 3 The Centre proposes to set up a Food Quality and Standards Authority of India, said Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, Mr Subodh Kant Sahai.
Addressing a press conference in the city today, he said the authority would come into existence in a month or so. The food processing sector has grown at 13 per cent in 2007, up from around 6 per cent in 2004, he said. The food processing sector is one of the areas contributing to India’s growth and the sector will be able to generate employment in rural areas.
The Ministry of Food Processing Industries looks to attract investments worth Rs 100,000 crore into the food processing sector by 2015, he said.
However, given the fast pace of growth of the sector, this investment target may be achieved earlier, he added.
Mr Sahai said that he has asked modern-format retailers to develop an Indian retail model that includes small shops and village shops in the supply chains of large retailers. In the 11th Plan, the Ministry has schemes for establishing various supporting infrastructure for the food processing sector, he said.
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