Swasth Bharat Yatra is aimed at overcoming malnourishment, micro-nutrient deficiency and lifestyle diseases like obesity, diabetes and heart diseases. The cyclothon will flag off on World Health Day (October 16, 2018) from six different locations covering about 2,000 locations. It will culminate at New Delhi on January 27, 2019.
Over 150 volunteer-cyclists, along with the […]
FSSAI, the International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)-Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) Initiative on Food Safety Sciences (CHIFSS) jointly organised a two-day International Symposium on Microbiological Food Safety: Sampling and Testing in Food Safety Management.
It was done in order to promote the latest approaches in microbiological […]
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, […]
FSSAI has included beans, peas, cauliflower and spinach in its regulations for frozen vegetables. The country’s apex food regulator has issued a draft notice in this regard, and once adopted, food business operators (FBOs) trading in such frozen products will have to comply with the new standards prescribed by it for the same.
According to […]
FSSAI has asked restaurateurs to put up a food safety display board, in the format prescribed by the apex food regulator, prominently in their premises and warned that non-compliant food business operators (FBOs) might lose their licences post-October 15, 2018.
The country’s apex food regulator sent a warning letter to the restaurants not adhering with […]
In a bid to support the realisation of the Indian food processing industry’s massive potential for value-addition through government policy and regulatory assistance, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) launched the Food Innovators Network (FINE) programme recently.
While the country has developed a vibrant entrepreneurial landscape and steadfastly strengthened its position as […]
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, […]
FSSAI, which was under pressure from several quarters for its alleged failure to restrict the import of food with genetically-modified organisms (GMOs), has initiated the work on framing regulations for genetically-modified (GM) food.
In a statement, the country’s apex food regulator, said that the intended regulations would essentially lay down the procedures for the safety […]
FSSAI has issued an order on import of organic food products, directing all the state food authorities to reject all the imported food consignments which claimed to be organic, but do not comply with the food safety regulations.
The Food Safety and Standards (Organic Foods) Regulations, 2017 was notified under the Food Safety and Standards […]
FSSAI, the country’s apex food regulator, has decided to list and notify processing aids, in a bid to bring in more clarity with respect to processing of food. In this regard, an appendix is being added to the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2018. FSSAI has issued […]