This past Food Awareness Day, 29 September 2022, GreenPod Labs Sachets got the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) scientific committee’s approval in the fruit and vegetable shelf-life extension category. GreenPods Lab Sachets are the first in India to get this approval.
Founder and CEO of GreenPods, Deepak Rajmohan, was quite elated. He wrote on LinkedIn: “Today is International Food Waste Awareness Day. We’re super excited to share a key milestone in our journey on this day. Finally, GreenPod Lab’s sachets are approved by the FSSAI Food License Registration India Scientific Committee. We’re proud that we’re the first company in India to get this approval for fruit and vegetable shelf-life extension. We have created a new category for this functionality.”
GreenPod Labs is an organization that has developed a product that can solve the major problem of food wastage which is safe and cost-effective. Chennai-based biotechnology company GreenPod Labs’ proprietary solution extends the shelf life of fruits and vegetables during storage and transport.
The company’s packaging solution activates in-built defense mechanisms in fruits and vegetables to preserve their quality. The solution comes in a small sachet with compounds that prevent the microbial growth of food items.
Source: krishijagran.com