Archives for July 7, 2011

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Concerns raised over aflatoxin controls on Indian spices

By Rory Harrington

The Indian spice sector has been given a wake up call after EU inspectors uncovered a raft of weaknesses in the country's safety procedures to prevent aflatoxin contamination that means exports cleared by officials may fail to reach European standards.

Sri Lanka introduces new food packaging norms

By Ankush Chibber

Sri Lanka will now longer allow the import, transport, storage, packaging, distributing, and selling of food products in packaging that can cause health problems to the human body.