Himachal export firm to promote natural milk-based products in North India

October 5th, 2009 3 Chinese, 2 firms face export charges in BostonBOSTON — Federal prosecutors in Massachusetts have filed charges against three Chinese citizens and two corporations for conspiring to illegally export military products. Prosecutors said Monday that the employees of Chitron Electronics Inc.

September 17th, 2009 KOLKATA - Australian dairy brands, Bega cheese and Pauls Zymil easy to digest milk, were launched in Kolkata Thursday and would soon be available in other Indian cities as well, an official said. "The brands will be initially available in eastern and northeastern India, followed by launches in northern, southern and western India," Debraj Sanyal, director iMBiz Pvt Ltd, told reporters at a press meet.

September 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Exports of agricultural products from India will more than double to top Rs.1 lakh crore (Rs.1 trillion or $20 billion) in the next five years, says an official export promotion agency of the commerce ministry. According to estimates by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Apeda), the share of India's farm product exports in the global trade will also grow from 2 percent now to over 5 percent.

September 4th, 2009 SHIMLA - Amway India Enterprises will invest Rs.55 crore (Rs.550 million) to treble capacity at its Himachal Pradesh manufacturing unit by the end of this year, a senior company official said here Friday. "We have plans to treble the capacity of our Baddi manufacturing plant by December-end," Amway India Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer William S.

September 3rd, 2009 SHIMLA - Himachal Pradesh will hold a two-day apple festival here from Oct 3 to promote the fruit it is famous for, Chief Secretary Asha Swaroop said Thursday. "The state government in collaboration with the CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) is holding an 'Apple Festival-09' in Shimla Oct 3 to 4," Swaroop told IANS.

July 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Himachal Pradesh-based farm produce exports major Himalaya International is entering the markets in north India, including the national capital, with a wide range of products including ethnic sweets, mushrooms made of imported spawn, and fortified milk, yogurt and cottage cheese. "We will launch the same, premium all natural sweets that we market in North America, packed in our plant.

July 12th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Punjab-based milk products supplier Milkfed will supply its Verka brand desi ghee (clarified butter) worth Rs.200 million (Rs.20 crore) to Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) run gurdwaras (Sikh temples). The ghee is used for preparing "kada prasad" and "langar" served in community kitchens.

July 4th, 2009 Malt-O-Meal recalls oatmeal made with dry milkMINNEAPOLIS — Malt-O-Meal Co. is voluntarily recalling oatmeal that contains instant nonfat dry milk that may be contaminated with salmonella.

June 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The ban on milk and milk product imports from China, which was to have expired June 24, has been extended by another six months, the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has said. "The central government hereby extends the prohibition on import of milk and milk products, including chocolates and chocolate products..., for a period of six months from 24 June, 2009, and until further orders," said a DGFT notification.

June 3rd, 2009 China closes 4,000 milk collection stationsBEIJING — China has shut down nearly 4,000 milk collection stations for failing to meet safety standards, nine months after tainted milk products were blamed for sickening hundreds of thousands of babies and killing six children, the official Xinhua News Agency said Wednesday. The closures come after the government inspected all of the country's 20,393 milk collection stations since last November, Song Kungang, director-general of the China Dairy Industry Association, said, according to Xinhua.

April 21st, 2009 Chinese dairy launches new milk powder productsBEIJING — The Chinese dairy that bought the company at the heart of a tainted milk scandal that sickened hundreds of thousands of children has launched a new line of milk powder products, state media reported Tuesday. The new products are manufactured by Hebei Sanyuan Foods Co.

March 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Riding on the success of the Bailey's cream liqueur, Irish companies have lined up the launch of a wide range of whiskeys, stouts and liquors in the Indian market this year to give discerning consumers a taste of their brewing and distilling expertise that dates back 5,000 years. Carolans, a relatively new brand of cream liqueur, Tullamore Dew, among the fastest-growing blended whiskey brands in Ireland, Wild Geese, a brand of whiskey named after Irish soldiers, and Connemara, the country's lone single malt peated pot, are among various brands set to make their way into the Indian market.

February 6th, 2009 PANAJI - India needs to actively pursue a National Milk Vision 2020 in an integrated manner if it is to hold its position as a global milk production giant, former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam said here Saturday.

January 19th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - India's marine product export earnings declined at least 10 percent last year following a slump in demand triggered by the global financial meltdown, a senior industry official here said. 'The export scenario does not appear encouraging.

January 14th, 2009 SHIMLA - Himalaya International Ltd (HIL), a Himachal Pradesh-based frozen food manufacturer, will invest Rs.1.4 billion (Rs.140 crore) to set up an export-oriented unit in Gujarat, a company official said Thursday. 'We will invest Rs.140 crore for establishing an export-oriented agro-food processing facility in Gujarat.