Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority

Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Latest News

Recently, 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. 

About Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority

• 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.
• Nodal Ministry: It works under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
• Objective: To develop and promote the export of scheduled products.
• 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

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Functions of APEDA

• 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.

Source: PIB