Jet Airways' piolt problems aside, ECOCERT India is going ahead with its three day convention on organic food certification convention on September 11. The venue is the Taj President, Mumbai.
The three-day convention will look at the opportunities and challenges facing organic food certification in India in view of the growing concerns among consumers about health-threatening and in some cases life-threatening residual elements in food.
“The Indian consumer is catching up with global food certification standards. It is time for all of us in the food supply chain take the required steps so that we are in a position to meet their demands," said Dr Selvam Daniel, managing director, ECOCERT India, an affiliate of the French global certification company.
On the agenda are issues such as organic and fair trade food production, processing and handling standards, biodynamic foods and demeter certification, organic food management systems standards as also certification as per Japanese Agriculture Standards (JAS). The convention will also discuss India's NPOP standards and organic AGMARK standards.
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