Mysuru, Dec 14(UNI) A large number of people, particularly students, thronged into the Mega Food Expo held as part of the Eighth International Food Convention IFCoN 2018 organised by Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India) (AFSTI) in association with CFTRI and DFRL with news on technology food processing and exhibition of products.
Nearly 100 Food Processing industries exhibiting their products and technology from different parts of the country including Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. There are special pavilions of CSIR-CFTRI (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Food Technological Research Institute), DRDO-DFRL (Defence Research and Development Organisation-Defence Food Research Laboratory) and FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India). There is also a mobile food testing van of FSSAI at the venue.
The Expo which attracted students and youngsters as they are making a beeline to understand about food industry and the opportunities it provides for them in jobs or to start their own enterprises in the future.