SPS regulations and Developing Country Exports

The Food Processing sector in India is one of the largest in the world in terms of production, consumption, export and growth prospects. Important sub sectors in food processing industries are:Fruit & Vegetable Processing, Fishprocessing, Milk Processing, Meat & Poultry Processing, Packaged/Convenience Foods, Alcoholic beverages & Soft drinks and Grain Processing etc. Primary food processing is a major industry with thousands of rice-mills, flour mills, pulse mills and oil-seed mills. There are several thousands of bakeries, traditional food units and fruit/veg./spice processing units in unorganized sector. In the organized sector, there are over 820 flour mills, 418 fish processing units, 5198 fruit/vegetable processing units, 171 meat processing units.