What are the micro issues that are confronting food-processing industry?
The issues at micro level, confronting the growth of processed food industry are production and procurement of quality raw materials for processing, use of traditional (obsolete) technologies; incurring huge per unit operational cost, poor economies of scale and fragmented processing capacities. Moreover, non-compliance of GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) in the processing plants, less awareness about the quality certifications like HACCP, ISO and are considered as serious impediments to the industry and its export prospects. FICCI has been relentlessly involved in addressing some of these issues, through a series of training programmes on GMP, GHP & HACCP organized in various sectors viz: confectionary, infant foods, meat & poultry sector, across the country since 2005. FICCI-CIFTI is also engaged in various programmes with an objective to build capacity and focus on market development initiatives of SME’s in this sector. How does the industry body look at the present scenario in-te
