Placed under the patronage of the OIV, this event was put on within the framework of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), of which Russia assumed the chairmanship in 2016.

It gathered together around 150 actors in the vitivinicultural sector and wine producers – with distributors, oenologists and sommeliers from 10 or so countries.

During a conference organised on the theme of prospects for cooperation (both technical and economic) in the vitivinicultural sector all around the Black Sea region, the Director General of the OIV, Jean-Marie Aurand, gave a presentation of the major trends in vitiviniculture on a global scale – with a particular focus on the main developments in consumption and its recent evolutions.

A presentation of wines organised as part of the forum brought together around 60 companies.

This culminates an important process in developing food standards for food additives that began about three years ago.

FSSAI has also finalized a list of food additives with respect to alcoholic beverages in alignment with International Organization for Vine and Wine (OIV) Standards. With this FSSAI has achieved a major landmark in setting of the standards for various foods in the country.

Jean-Marie Aurand, the OIV Director General, who met last March in Delhi the chairman of FSSAI, Mr Ashish Bahuguna expressed his satisfaction to see that India, who joined the OIV in 2011, will be in line with the international standards established by the OIV. He also mentioned that he is convinced that the fruitful exchanges he had with different national Authorities and professional in India allowed this alignment and will allow a better understanding and involvement of India in OIV activities.