Food Safety Conversation

Food Safety Conversation

Building a Startup Ecosystem for Food

We had a very knowledgeable panel consisting of entrepreneurs, mentors and investors.

The panelists were Nilesh Lele Founder and Managing Director of Exelon Foodbio Advisors Pvt. Ltd., Namit Chugh who is an Investment Associate at Lok Capital, and Aswani Chaitanya the CEO and Co-founder of Timios. The panel was moderated by Ramesh Agarwal, our COO.
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Navigating the E-Commerce Channel for Food Business

In our September conversation we discussed the food safety, compliance and how the E-commerce industry is dealing with it. Talking about the topic were Sachin Achintalwar, President, Association of Food Scientists and Technologist of India, Bangalore chapter. Rajesh Kumaramenon, Head of Quality and Food Safety, at Licious (Delightful Gourmet Pvt. Ltd.), and Amun Thapa, CEO, Sastodeal.com one of the leading e-commerce
companies in Nepal. The panel was moderated by Surabhi Soral, our Head of Regulatory and Compliance.
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Impediments to Food Safety: Running a Fresh Food Business

This topic covers what it takes to ensure food safety with fresh foods and with such crunch timelines.

Talking about the topic were Mr. Sanjay Kumar, CEO, Elior India, Ms. Rashmi Daga, Founder at FreshMenu and Mr. Amar Shankar, Head of Department, Department of Food Technology, Jain University. The panel will be moderated by Ramesh Agarwal, our COO.
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Environment Monitoring: Managing the Invisible

Our July Webinar focuses on the various aspects of environmental monitoring for food business operators.

Talking about the topic were Dr. Achyut Adhikari ,an Associate Professor and Extension Food Safety specialist at the Louisiana State University AgCenter, Mr. Krishna Joshi head of regulatory affairs at ITC Limited, Foods division and Mr. Srinivas KR, head of Quality Assurance at Metro Cash & Carry, in conversation with Sarika Agarwal, our Managing Director and Principal Consultant. More details here.

Changing Frontiers in Food Safety

Conversation with Balkumar who comes with an extensive experience of over 30 years in the industry with close to 25 years at Unilever, Anusha co-Founder of Smoodies, a wellness beverages brand that stands for good nutrition, great taste and uncompromising brand values, and Sarika, our founder and Prinicipal Consultant who has over 15 years of experience in the space of implementing FSMS at over 50 client locations.
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Food Safety Conversation: “Global Challenges in Food Safety and
India Perspective”

Our grand finale was our Food Safety Conversation held on the 9th of June. The topic of discussion was “Global Challenges in Food Safety and India Perspective” talking about the topic were some eminent panelists from the academia, industry and regulatory that included

1. Anandramakrishna, Director at the Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology, Thanjavur
2. Shashi Kumar, Co-Founder & CEO at Akshayakalpa Organic Milk
3. Lalitha Gowda, Chairman, FSSAI Panel on Genetically Modified Foods

The conversation was hosted by Sarika Agarwal, Founder and Principal Consultant at Food Safety Works who has over 16 years of experience implementing Food Safety Management Systems. The event was conducted as a 90minutes webinar and broadcast live on our YouTube channel. The winners of the various contest that were organized, were announced at the end ofthe conversation.