The apex food regulator, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, has issued a draft notification aiming at fortification of processed foods and regulations thereunder.
The draft is called FSS-Fortification of Foods-Amendment Regulations 2019 and prescribe the standards for fortified processed food made of cereals, bakery products, and fruit juices.
The draft describes fortified processed foods […]
The Hotel and Restaurant Association of Western India (HRAWI) was felicitated by FSSAI during the closing ceremony of the Swasth Bharat Yatra in New Delhi. The Association was recognised for its contribution in arranging for refreshments and accommodation for delegates of the country’s apex food regulator and volunteers who cycled through the Western region promoting […]
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has released a draft regulation for processing aids aimed at streamlining of the processes involved in food processing manufacturing like solvents for extraction, bleaching and washing agents, enzymes, etc.
Called Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2019, the objective of […]
Food regulator FSSAI will launch “rigorous” inspections on food companies to ensure that best standards are followed as part of its effort to build trust among people about the safety and quality of cooked or packaged products, its CEO Pawan Kumar Agarwal said Thursday. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) will […]
Food businesses in India will not be able to use words or phrases such as natural, fresh, original, traditional, authentic, genuine and real on food labels except under specific conditions detailed as per a notification issued by FSSAI.
The regulations — Food Safety and Standards (Advertising and Claims) Regulations, 2018, — will pertain to claims […]
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has launched Heart Attack Rewind, a mass media campaign calling for the elimination of industrially-produced trans fat in the food supply.
The 30-second public service announcement (PSA) – the first mass media campaign of its kind – will support FSSAI’s global target of eliminating trans fat […]
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), in a recent development, has gazette notified the regulation on laboratories, giving a structure to the food lab ecosystem in the country by detailing out recognition and notification of laboratories. Eventually, the new norms will help improve quality of food testing.
The comprehensive regulations will replace […]
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the country’s apex food regulator, announced the Eat Right Awards and Eat Right Creativity Challenge recently, giving the Eat Right India movement a further boost, following the Swasth Bharat Yatra.
The Swasth Bharat Yatra, expected to cover 18,000km on six different tracks, has already generated a […]
FSSAI, the country’s apex food regulator, has released a guidance note for handling and disposal of used cooking oil (UCO). The issued document covered such subjects as disposal of UCO, procedures to be followed for handling and disposal of UCO by small and big food business operators (FBOs), household level and guidelines provided under […]
Taking a cue from instances of unhygienic manufacturing of food-grade silver leaf (chandi ka warq), the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), through an order, has asked the states to ensure that the food-grade silver leaf used on sweets is not made using material of animal origin, in line with the country’s […]