Indo-German Roundtable on Food Safety Standards

Date: Friday, August 8, 2014

Venue: Hotel Shangri-La's, 19 Ashoka Road, Connaught Place, New Delhi

Within the framework of Indo-German Working Group on Quality Infrastructure for cooperation in standardization, conformity assessment and product safety, an Indo-German Roundtable on Food Safety Standards is being organized in New Delhi by GIZ in partnership with BIS. The Roundtable aims to initiate bilateral dialogue on harmonization of standards in the areas of food hygiene and safety. Various topics of interest to both the sides such as implementation of food safety standards, compliance to technical regulations and capacity building needs will be discussed during this one day event with a view to promote bilateral trade between India and Germany.

The Roundtable will be attended by organizations responsible for standards formulation and regulatory mechanism, Indian and German Industry representatives, food processing enterprises, certification agencies, experts etc. The outcome of the roundtable is expected to provide the specific training needs for the Indian industry and other areas of cooperation.