Mangaluru: Minister for Fisheries and Animal Husbandry Venkatrao Nadagouda said here on Tuesday that the laboratory tests on two samples of fish from coastal Karnataka sent to the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru have come back negative for formalin coating. Reports on six more samples are awaited. Speaking to reporters after the inauguration […]

Mangaluru: In a matter of a few days, people importing and exporting edible items through New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) can get clearance for their products in one or two days, instead of the hitherto week-long wait to get the clearance. The NMPT is setting up a food testing laboratory, which began functioning in a […]

Mysuru : The only anti-obesity edible oil (Diacylglycerol Oil) in the globe, developed by the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru, a constituent of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), is waiting for commercial tie-up to market the product. It was launched a few days ago, but the CFTRI could market it in a small […]

Mysuru : Member of Parliament from Mysuru-Kodagu Pratap Simha, on Monday, asked CFTRI, Mysuru, Director Ram Rajasekharan to resolve the issues with Kannadigas. Addressing a gathering during ‘Make in India in Food Processing-initiative by CSIR-CFTRI’, the MP said, there was a trust deficit about the CFTRI among Kannada-speaking people. The institute should create a healthy atmosphere for researchers […]

Mysuru : In connection with the visit of Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan on January 4, the CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR-CFTRI) will organise various events to showcase its initiatives towards ‘Make in India’ in the area of food processing. The CFTRI has been working on many innovative solutions […]

Mysore: “Consumers, today, are looking for affordable foods that have very positive health and nutritional benefits and which have the attributes to postpone the ageing process a little and at the same time delay and prevent the onset of non-communicable diseases,” opined Dr. V. Prakash, former CFTRI Director and Director of Research, Innovation and Development, […]

Mysore: Activists of a Kannada outfit threw black ink on Ram Rajasekharan, the director of Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), here on Thursday, for what they claimed was his “anti-Kannada” stand. As soon as Rajasekharan alighted from his car at Rani Bahadur auditorium around 9.55 am, a group of Kannada Rakshana Vedike (KRV) activists, […]