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The need of the hour is to curb food inflation by boosting food processing, said Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister for Food Processing Industries.
She was outlining the priorities for the ministry at an interactive session hosted by CII on Friday.
“Mitigating post-harvest fruit and vegetable losses, besides accelerating food processing industries’ growth, deregulating and simplifying governmental systems, processes and clearances that delay food processing projects, and reviewing the role of FSSAI regarding long delays in clearing product approvals, is on our agenda,” she added.
APMC Act Industry members, on the other hand, suggested the uniform implementation of the APMC Act across States. Also, farmers should be given the freedom to sell fresh, perishable products directly to the food processing companies, aggregators and retailers.
“Food law should be such that it should not become a trade barrier,” said Phiruz Khambatta, Chairman, CII National Food Processing Committee.
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