Overview
- Baksa honey, flagged off from Guwahati on Saturday, May 9, 2026, marked its first ODOP export to the United States in a roughly 20 metric tonne shipment.
- APEDA facilitated the export by installing testing and lab equipment at the Guwahati processing plant to meet international food safety and quality rules.
- Salt Range Foods Pvt Ltd, an APEDA-registered exporter, processed and packed the consignment at its Guwahati facility before dispatch.
- State officials said the linkage to export buyers could raise farm-gate earnings by about 43% for local beekeepers in the aspirational Baksa district.
- The ceremony was led by Agriculture Secretary Aruna Rajoria with APEDA Chairman Abhishek Dev, as Assam cited 1,650 MT of honey output in 2023–24 from hubs across the Bodoland region and long-standing tribal beekeeping traditions.