Apeda Licence Consultants

The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) was established by the Government of India under the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act passed by the Parliament in December, 1985

APEDA Functioning Area

· Development of industries relating to the scheduled products for export by way of providing financial assistance or otherwise for undertaking surveys and feasibility studies, participation in enquiry capital through joint ventures and other reliefs and subsidy schemes;

· Registration of persons as exporters of the scheduled products on payment of such fees as may be prescribed;

· Fixing of standards and specifications for the scheduled products for the purpose of exports;

Carrying out inspection of meat and meat products in slaughter houses, processing plants, storage premises, conveyances or other places where such products are kept or handled for the purpose of ensuring the quality of such products;

· Improving of packaging of the Scheduled products;

· Improving of marketing of the Scheduled products outside India;

· Promotion of export oriented production and development of the Scheduled products;

· Collection of statistics from the owners of factories or establishments engaged in the production, processing, packaging, marketing or export of the scheduled products or from such other persons as may be prescribed on any matter relating to the scheduled products and publication of the statistics so collected or of any portions thereof or extracts therefrom;

· Training in various aspects of the industries connected with the scheduled products;

· Such other matters as may be prescribed.