Updated Faida report to be released at Foodpro, Chennai
By Venkatachari Jagannath | 27 Nov 2003
Chennai: The fifth edition of Confederation of Indian Industry's (CII) premier exhibition-cum-conference on the food processing industry, Foodpro 2003, will be held from 13 to 16 December 2003 at Chennai Trade Centre. Union Minister of State for Food Processing N T Shanmugham will inaugurate the event.
Foodpro
2003 chairman, and president and CEO, RPG Enterprises,
P K Mohapatra says the highlight of the event will be
the release of the updated Faida report on the status
of food processing industry in the country. The Faida
report was jointly prepared by CII and McKinsey and
was released during Foodpro 1997.
"The updated report will take stock of India's achievement during the last six years in the food processing sector; the progress achieved in the sectors like poultry, wheat, dairy, fruits and vegetables; the status of food distribution and supply chain and the laws relating to the food industry," he says.
Apart
from the exhibition where around 150 companies are expected
to showcase their products, Foodpro 2003 will also hold
two conferences — 'India as the Food Factory to
the World' and Packcon 2003 — a conference on packaging
for the global food market. CII expects around 25,000
trade visitors and 50,000 non-trade visitors for the
event.