Food Safety Management System Guide for food and Grain Milling Industries

The twin movements of expansion of global trade with the coming down of barriers, relentless pursuit of integration and consolidation of food and agriculture are changing the food and Grain Milling Industries. The transformation touches everything from patterns of food production, distribution, consumption as well as supply and demand. New domestic, as well as global food chain present, are cropping up presenting newer challenges to food safety. Food safety, production and distribution themselves have emerged as areas of critical importance itself has become a top needs to be given higher priority by Governments interventions have necessary to regulate all aspects as industry and consumers often find themselves at the opposite ends of the spectrum. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India was set up as to build the knowledge base for the newer technologies and trends as well as to set up a comprehensive regulatory system so that it is a win-win situation for all.

India enjoys a competitive edge over other countries due to the wide variety of crops grown and consumed emanating from its geographical and climatic diversity. Milling facilities have been the cornerstone of agricultural processing for centuries but with the advent of newer technologies, crop varieties, chemical and biological fertilizers and pesticides regulation has become imperative. The Government has formulated a comprehensive Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 that ensures regulation through the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) by focusing on maintaining the food safety standards by places primary responsibility on producers & suppliers for safe food.

The Food Safety and Standards Authority provides Guidance as well for Food Safety Management System (FSMS) for raw materials till the milling stage and implements it too. The focus is to provide implementation guidance to food businesses (especially the small and medium businesses) involved in manufacturing, packing, storage and transportation. They ensure that critical food safety-related issues are made safe throughout the supply chain. The manufacturers are allowed to adopt higher or stringent levels, but each input point must comply with the requirements.

Milling facilities are the cornerstone of agricultural processing for India’s gigantic agro-industrial production facilities. The figures are massive as for example domestic rice consumption has grown nearly 25% in the last 15 years. India, with its strongly growing rice demand, and a very fragmented milling industry is throwing up myriad opportunities both for millers and investors. FSSAI’s Food Safety Management System Guide for food and Grain Milling Industries contains comprehensive regulations/standards for each activity. For example, it has detailed regulations and standards for even warehouses where it gives detailed specifications for the storage of the food grains. This includes: Procurement <> Transportation <> Grain Storage and Handling <> Blending/Quality Verification <> Packaging and Labeling.

Nextech Agrisolutions is India’s leading Rice Mill Consultant including Storage Silo Consultant and is in an enviable position to leverages its vast expertise and experience to ensure that prospective mill owners and investors can adhere to all these regulations. Rice Mills have now to induct state of the art machinery that enables it to produce high quality and quantity within a short period of time. Nextech Agrisolutions undertakes accurate and detailed planning to ensure the highest productivity and returns