• To incubate, promote, encourage and support Indian Food Processing Industries and raise the technical standards, product quality, product safety & occupational safety standards to match global standards.
• To actively participate in evolving quality standards & product safety measures under the Food Safety and Standards Act-2006.
• To seek & actively pursue redressal of the problems of the Processed Food industry that impedes their growth and development.
• To actively represent , pursue and lobby with concerned Govt. Authorities for ensuring ease of doing business , customer & consumer friendly policies factoring India centric character of Industry i.e. Cottage , Small & niche sectors
• To conduct Workshops & Training Programmes to acquaint GMP, GHP & HACCP standards , Skill development Programmes , new Technological Developments etc. and also organize National/International Seminars , visits to Global Exhibitions & Seminars
• To encourage & support research projects to study technical problems, processing related issues relating to the Industry.
• To conduct and promote market research/market studies in India and abroad on processed food products with primary aim to help improve the value chain from Farm to Form
• To institute Awards and Scholarships to encourage Food Scientists and Technologists, Innovators, Processed Food Marketers, Administrators, Consultants etc who help in the growth and development of the Food Processing Industries in India.
• To publish a bimonthly technical Journal and monthly "E-Newsletter" as a non-profit activity, which aims to keep the food processing units abreast of the latest worldwide developments in Food Processing, new products &processes, additives, research programmes, regulatory issues etc.
• To provide a platform for dissemination and exchange of knowledge on all matters related to the industry and to offer advice to those concerned on the subject.
• To promote correct business practices in the Industry according to ethical codes of conduct, to maintain the dignity of the Industry and to emphasize on duties and obligations.
• To help eliminate unfair trade practices and to follow a code of conduct and ethics.