The food and beverages industry globally is made up of many segments, including groceries, oils and fats, food additives, functional foods and beverages, packaged foods, health and natural foods, canned food, baked food, baby food, animal food, soft drinks, alcoholic drinks, energy drinks, and their packaging and labeling.
The industry is driven by consumer demand for better packaging, which also impels technology advances in the field. Today, the technological advances like pasteurization, high-pressure processing, UV treatment, and nanotechnology are influencing the industry. The global food, beverage, and grocery industry was estimated to be worth $7.8 trillion in 2015, or about 10 percent of the world GDP.
The growth of the food and beverages industry is primarily driven by developing countries such as India, China, and Brazil, as the economies of these nations are improving and more and more people are being lifted into the middle class. An effective food control system is necessary in order to regulate the supply, quality, packaging and labeling of food and beverages. National legal frameworks are a key pillar in an effective food control system. In all the countries around the globe, food is governed by a complexity of laws and regulations which set out the government’s requirements to be met by food chain operators to ensure the food is safe and of adequate quality.
‘Food and Beverage Laws’ include in its ambit the legislation’s which regulate the production, trade and handling of food and beverages and cover the regulation of food control, food safety and relevant aspects of food and beverage trade.
The ‘Certificate in Food and Beverages Laws’ course offered by Enhelion in association with CorpCommLegal’s founding partner, Mr. Bhumesh Verma is an extensive programme covering the basics of Food laws in India, all the legislation’s governing the food and beverage industry. There is a separate module which covers the aspects of Franchising as well as permissions and regulations related to food start-ups. The tax and insurance related issues have also been covered by the programme in detail.
The course has been drafted by professionals having more than 20 years of experience in the corporate and commercial sector. This unique feature distinguishes it from the courses provided by other institutions because the modules cover not only the theory of the relevant topics but also include the experiences of the professionals in the sector or of the other cross-disciplinary field which is related to the sector this course covers.
Food and beverage industry is one of the fastest growing in India. The local produce and its multi-tier wholesale and retail structure and a large part of the industry consisting of import and export of food products make it an overarching industry. The commercial sector is inter-related to the food and beverage industry. A career in this inter-disciplinary field is high on demand and because of it being in its emergent stage of growth, the opportunities are limitless. It won’t be too late before it is witnessed that most the young legal professionals are flocking to this field.
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