INDIA CONFECTIONERY AND BAKERY SECTOR STRUGGLES TO RAISE STANDARDS TO CONSOLIDATE EXPORT SALES
August 1st, 2014
INDIAN confectionery and sweet bakery producers are struggling to gain lucrative export markets due to the lack of proper domestic food regulations, the country’s poor infrastructure and the high cost of borrowing money. “Not much is exported to the developed world from India because our laws are not harmonised with that of other countries,” said Harsh Arora, president of the Indian Confectionery Manufacturers’ Association.But reforms are under way. India has been updating its food-related laws and in 2006, its parliament passed a Food Safety and ...
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