INC Delegation Meets With Key Officials at India’s Agriculture Ministry

A delegation of INC leadership members recently held a series of strategic meetings in New Delhi with senior officials from India’s Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare. Led by INC Chairman Ashok Krishen, the group—which included Executive Committee members Pratap Nair and Michael Waring, as well as INC Ambassador to India Raju Bhatia—met with Horticulture […]

Codex Seeks Feedback on Possible Development of Cashew Standard

In 2025, India submitted an updated proposal to support the initiation of work on the development of a new Codex Alimentarius standard for cashew kernels. In February 2026, the Codex Secretariat issued a circular letter to solicit feedback from Codex Members and Observers on the relevance and timeliness of work on such a standard. The […]

2nd Meeting of UNECE Working Group on Dates

As noted previously, the INC is taking part in an electronic working group, convened by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), tasked with revising the UNECE Agricultural Quality Standard for Dates. The group held its second online meeting on February 2, 2026. Topics discussed included moisture content limits and the definition of the […]