FSSAI has put out a notice containing the Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) study on the tolerable upper limits (TULs) of the nutrients applicable for products under the Food Safety and Standards Regulations, 2011, on health supplements, nutraceuticals, foods for special dietary use and special medical purpose, functional and novel foods.
In a statement, […]
The global market for cold chain for the food industry is gaining traction owing to the rise in import and export activities, the increase in the number of initiatives being taken by the government and the growing need for cold storage and transport facilities. These were the findings of a recent report by Transparency […]
The Government of India has issued a draft on the e-commerce policy that aims to create a single legislation to address all aspects of e-commerce and a single regulator to consider issues like foreign direct investment (FDI) implementation in e-commerce.
However, stakeholders expressed concern and seek clarification from the government. Retailers’ associations stated that the […]
Of the 1,186 food samples collected over the last three months by the Society of Pollution and Environmental Conservation Scientists (SPECS), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, from 47 places along the Char Dham Yatra routes of Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, 1,003 samples (or a whopping 84.5 per cent) were found to be adulterated.
Eighty-four per cent of the […]
The food industry has reacted positively to the proposed amendments in the licensing and registration regulations under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. Terming them an effort to reduce the barriers, it opined that this would bring down the paperwork it entails, as well as ensure self-compliance.
“To facilitate food businesses, the proposed regulations […]
Tetra Pak, the world’s leading food processing and packaging solutions company, has appointed Ashutosh Manohar, as managing director for its South Asia markets.
As managing director, he is responsible for Tetra Pak’s business operations in the South Asia markets, including India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan. He will be based at the company’s India […]
The Government of India is actively considering to incentivise trade in milk and milk products in the country and their exports. According to sources, there was a high-level meeting recently, at which the situation of the milk producers was deliberated on. According to experts, it was due, as recently, the Centre raised the minimum […]
FSSAI has authorised three labs from Sri Lanka to issue certificates to food and beverage products. These will not be rejected at Indian checkpoints now.
A delegation of experts from the country’s apex food regulator had recently visited the island nation for the purpose.
The Indian audit team comprised of the officials from FSSAI, the National […]
Around nine deaths and one possible death and massive frozen products recall have been reported in countries as far and near as Austria, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates following a worldwide outbreak of listeria monocytogenes that started in Hungary about a week ago. Chains such […]
India’s first biofortified sorghum (jowar), with significantly higher iron and zinc than regular sorghum, was formally launched recently. Developed by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), the improved variety, ICSR 14001, was released as Parbhani Shakti for cultivation by Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth (VNMKV), Maharashtra.
It offers a cost-effective and […]