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Past Events

Ensuring Spice Quality and Compliance: A Growing Concern for UK Consumers and Retailers – Webinar – March 18th 2025 11;00 to 13:00 Hrs BST

organised by Tiziana Sgamma from De Montfort University in collaboration with Indo British Trade Council (IBTC).

This event brought together key stakeholders to discuss the future of spice imports, compliance strategies, and what all of this means for businesses and consumers alike. A greater alignment is required between the India-UK spice trading process.

The session featured Milan S. (Virani Food Products Limited), David Lowe (Food Standards Agency) and Tiziana Sgamma (De Montfort University). 🇬🇧🇮🇳 Professor Samir Dani (Keele Business School, Keele University) moderated the session and conducted the panel Q&A discussion. The webinar was supported by the Consulate General of India Birmingham, @Spice Board of India, Food Standards Agency UK, and Trading Standards UK.

The discussions focussed on the necessary precautions and protocols to be followed from production to export, ensuring that Indian spices meet the UK’s stringent food safety requirements. Milan Shah presented the supply chain risks within the India- UK spice trade and discussed the strengths of the testing process within India for exports. He presented case studies and discussed the differences between regulatory and contractual requirements. David Lowe discussed the UK imports regulatory process, risk assessment, the national monitoring plan, and challenges with allergens. Dr. Sgamma discussed the quality standards and the testing process. She presented the DNA barcoding process for authenticating the consignment for quality and allergens.

 In response to the webinar, the Indo British Trade Council is proposing a conference between Indian and the UK regulators, and industry stakeholders to facilitate a collaborative effort to enhance spice quality and ensure regulatory compliance. This will be followed by regulatory delegations between the two countries. A digital hub regarding regulations and testing procedures has also been proposed as a takeaway from the webinar.  These measures aim to minimize rejections and losses while maximizing benefits for Indian spice exporters and UK importers.

IBTC led UK Rail delegation to India

The Indo British Trade Council (IBTC) are pleased to report the successful visit of a UK rail delegation to attend Confederation of Indian Industry of Indian Industry (CII) event InnoRail UK 2024 event in Lucknow, India between 26th Nov., 2024 – 2nd Dec., 2024. The visit was facilitated by Indo British Trade Council (IBTC) in partnership with the Rail Forum. The Executive Director of IBTC Baljit Singh  accompanied the delegation on this visit. The delegates also visited two companies PushkarTechno and Allmarc Industries Private Limited Industries Private Limited.

The delegation consisted of delegates from the Rail Forum at Derby, Icomera UK and other entities involved within the UK Rail Industry.

The UK delegation also attended an event organised by IBTC with the help of Nikhil Sheth of NVision Business Advisory at the Adani Shanti-Gram facility in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. At the event the delegation interacted with 30 large conglomerates of the Indian Railways business sector on a B2B basis to explore opportunities for bilateral trade, inward investment projects and joint ventures for the future of the railway industry in both countries.

The Indo British Trade Council (IBTC) visit was successful in setting up the ground work for future collaborative trade opportunities within the rail sector.

Rishi Patel

July 2022

Indian Blind Football Team Visit

May 2022