The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has ordered that restaurants and hotels will soon have to display hygiene ratings on their doors. It will also train people to check compliance to hygiene standards. This measure is expected ... Read More »

Hospitality Purchasing Managers’ Forum (HPMF) is a consortium of purchasing managers from the hospitality industry representing star hotels, catering companies, stand-alone restaurant chains, retail chains and airlines. To celebrate its 9th anniversary, a mega Convention and Awards 2019 will be ... Read More »

A recent air pollution analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment’s (CSE’s) air pollution analysis found that the three-year average levels of PM 2.5 — atmospheric particulate matter with a diameter of less than 2.5 microns — during 2016-18 ... Read More »

In his Independence Day address, PM Modi called upon the nation to move away from using singleuse plastics. The government has already announced its plans to use disposable plastics by 2022. Many ministries have already responded to his call. The ... Read More »

Nitin Nagrale, Vice-President- Materials and Projects at Foodlink Services was recently conferred an Honorary Doctorate in Supply Chain Management by the National American University. He was recognized for his extraordinary contributions, and excellence in the field, and awarded the degree ... Read More »

Members of the Eco Club and students of ITM Business School, Kharghar (Navi Mumbai) came together to clean the beaches at Shivaji Park and Girgaum Chowpatty with the mission of ‘Clean Mumbai, Green Mumbai.’ Shivaji Park and Girgaum Chowpatty are ... Read More »

A laundry service in China is stitching microchips into the corners of sheets, towels, quilts and other linens containing data about the item’s washing history. The idea is to enable hotel visitors to scan their bedclothes with a smartphone to ... Read More »

India’s humongous waste problem has a very specific issue: a greater portion of urban waste generated is organic. This part is very high in moisture content, which, during the monsoons, can rise up to 60-65%. Indian cuisine is dominated by ... Read More »

Washrooms leave a lasting impression, reveals a new survey and report on the UK public’s attitudes towards washrooms in hospitality establishments. Formica Group commissioned the report to better understand what makes a bathroom good or bad, asking 2,000 respondents for ... Read More »

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike – Bengaluru’s municipal corporation – has drafted by-laws for Solid Waste Management (SWM), which mandate segregation of waste at source. It is in consonance with the civic administration’s vision plan to ensure complete segregation by ... Read More »

As a part of the Greater Chennai Corporation’s (GCC) initiative to make the city garbage-free and reduce the amount of waste being carted to the city’s landfills, it has released a list of 21 companies that have been authorised to ... Read More »

A new study has found that educating hospital cleaning staff can lead to fewer Clostridium difficile infections. The aim of the study, carried out by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, was to “sustainably improve cleaning of high-touch surfaces ... Read More »

In partnership with waste management firm Nepra, PepsiCo India has launched a first of its kind, waste management education initiative with the leading schools in Kurseong, Darjeeling. This is part of its ongoing initiative to effectively collect more than 800,000 ... Read More »

The government is pushing clean India and digitisation as it urges citizens to switch to Internet-powered systems for availing services. Launched as a product of the combination of both initiatives, the toilet locator on Google Maps has seen monumental growth. ... Read More »

Electrolux Professional has launched the Line 6000 Evolution Barrier Washer range, which provides enhanced usability and safety, uncompromised hygiene and improved productivity at every stage of the laundry process. This is the first barrier washers’ range ever to obtain an ... Read More »

When patrons walk into a restaurant and sit at a table, a waiter promptly shows up and fills their glasses with some cool water to quench their first. But very often, patrons drink only a sip or two of water; ... Read More »

Medical supplies company Medline has developed micro-kill germicidal bleach wipes that are effective against Candida Auris, a multidrug-resistant fungus that can cause serious infections in hospitalised patients. The fungus, which has a mortality rate of 35%, has been shown to ... Read More »

Rapid microbial detection, monitoring and identification solutions specialist Hygiena, has launched a new EnSure touch monitoring system, nextgeneration monitoring system that collects, analyses and reports data from multiple quality tests such as ATP, microorganisms and enzymes, providing necessary data for ... Read More »

Italian cleaning tool giant Filmop and Indian cleaning giant Schevaran Laboratories have announced their tie-up to distribue Filmop’s over 4,000 products in India. All Filmop products are manufactured in-house, in Italy. Filmop needed some fresh ideas to penetrate the Indian ... Read More »

In sync with its vision of increasing green cover, GVK-led Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) authorities and employees recently undertook a tree plantation drive at Tetavli, a degraded forest land at Rabale in Maharashtra. This was a prelude to celebrating ... Read More »