Andhra Pradesh Food Processing Society was given the award for the best Indian stall while the second best award in the category went to Nilkamal Limited at the three-day India International Seafood Show, which concluded here on Sunday.
Awards were presented to the manufacturers of innovative seafood products like fish popcorn, frozen masala mackerel, imitation crab stick, fish pakoda and crab claw at the three-day India International Seafood Show.
The awards were given away by Dr. A Jayathilak, Chairman, MPEDA, in the presence of SEAI president V. Padmanabham.
Maharashtra-based Gadra Marine Exports Pvt Ltd got six awards, including both best retail product (frozen masala mackerel) and runner-up for best retail product (imitation crab stick).Four other awards for the company were in the categories of best retail packaging (Crab Claw Amritsari), best innovative product (fish popcorn), best convenience product (frozen masala mackerel) and the runner-up for the best convenience product (frozen masala prawn).
In the category of best stall (overseas), Ishida India Pvt Ltd, based in Japan, got the first prize while Glory CO Ltd, a Vietnamese company, was adjudged the runner-up.
The award for the best stall in the category of registered exporters was bagged by Avanti Frozen Foods while Devi Fisheries Ltd got the award for the second best stall.
West Coast Frozen Foods Pvt Ltd was adjudged the runner-up for both best retail packaging (Cambay Tiger Fish Pakoda) and best innovative product (Cambay Tiger Fish Pakoda).