Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority:
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) facilitated the flagging off of the first-ever sea shipment of botanical-infused ready-to-cook millet functional foods from Karnataka to New Zealand.
- It is a statutory body established by the Government of India under the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act in December, 1985.
- It works under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
- Objective: To develop and promote the export of scheduled products.
- Functions:
- Setting the standards and specifications for the scheduled products.
- Registration of exporters of the scheduled products on payment of required fees.
- Carrying out an inspection of products to ensure the quality of such products.
- Training in various aspects of the industries connected with the scheduled products.
- Development of industries relating to the scheduled products and undertaking surveys, feasibility studies, etc.
- It is responsible for providing financial assistance, information, and guidelines for the development of scheduled products.
- It also functions as the Secretariat to the National Accreditation Board (NAB) for the implementation of accreditation of the Certification Bodies under National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) for Organic exports.
- APEDA is headed by a Chairman appointed by the Central Government.
- Headquarters: New Delhi
- APEDA has set up 15 Regional Offices at Mumbai, Bengaluru, Telangana, Kolkata, Guwahati, Ahmedabad, Varanasi, Chandigarh, Bhopal, Chennai, Kochi, Tripura, Srinagar, Jammu, and Ladakh.
