The draft was approved on Wednesday in a meeting attended by Sadeqi Niaraki and Ali Agha-Mohammadi, head of the economic group at the office of the Islamic revolution’s leader, as well as the representatives of specialized organizations and executive bodies.

Speaking at the meeting, Niaraki mentioned the Industry Ministry’s plans for developing the country’s major industries, saying that the plans to develop the production chains of clothing and footwear, precious metals, food and beverages, and home appliance industries have been prepared and approved by the industry minister so that necessary measures be taken in this regard as soon as possible.

According to the official, the development plan for the food and beverage industry has been prepared, focusing on four major axes with a four-year outlook.

Forming a consortium for the production and export of food and beverage products, organizing and empowering active and semi-active small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in this industry, promoting, developing, and strengthening halal brands, and completing and developing value chains in the food and beverage industry are the four major axes of the mentioned program, Niaraki explained.

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According to Iran Nanotechnology Innovation Council (INIC), a group of Iranian researchers at University of Kurdistan have used carbon dots/AuNPs as donor/acceptor platform for measuring Hg2 in fish. The use of carbon dots has numerous advantages compared to other competitors. It is simple, portable, and has higher sensitivity and precision and in the meantime cost effective.

The results of the study have been published in the New Journal of Chemistry with an impact factor of 3.2.

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Domestic and international companies will showcase their latest products and services in the field of agricultural industries, raw materials, horticultural equipment, irrigation systems, protein industries, prepared and semi-prepared food, processing industries and packaging machinery.

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