Liquor bottles in the country may soon carry pictorial messages cautioning people against ill effects of alcohol and warning them about drunk driving.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), which is in the process of finalising standards for alcoholic beverage, is studying global practices regarding pictorial warnings and messages around drunk driving, […]
The Food Authority has been issuing orders or advisories or guidelines from time to time so as to ensure the safety and wholesomeness of the foods imported into the country. Through an Order dated 13 July, 2017 the FSSAI has now suppressed certain orders and advisories related to imports of foods as new regulations […]
Through a notice uploaded on the website FSSAI has called for suggestions, views, and comments from stakeholders regarding removal of ‘Boudouin test’ requirement for Blended edible Vegetable Oil and revision of special provisions relating to sale of vanaspati in the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011. The objections and […]
The FSSAI has drafted the Food Safety and Standards (Recovery and distribution of surplus food) Regulations, 2017 and has invited comments, views and suggestions stakeholders with 60 days from 20 June 2017.
Chapter I of these regulations defines the following terms
Surplus Foods means any leftover unused portions of safe food that have not been served to […]
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is working on streamlining the licensing and registration system in the country. New forms would be made available to food business operators (FBOs), particularly restaurateurs. The sampling-, search- and seizure-related regulations would be reviewed, and the process would be made simple and hassle-free.
During the recent […]
The FSSAI has issued a notification calling for suggestions, views, comments from WTO- SPS Committee members within a period of 60 days beginning from 3 May 2017 on the proposed draft amendment related to the inclusion of additional additives in Appendix-A. These additional additives will be including in the prevailing list and once regularised […]
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has decided to cover such packaged foods as bread, breakfast cereals and pastas under the ambit of the fortification programme.
The apex food regulator is actively working on the standards for packaged food products, which people eat on a regular basis.
It is expected to come up […]
Inborn Errors of Metabolism (IEM) and Hypoallergenic conditions require speciality foods which are not available in India. Hospitals require these foods for the management of infants and children suffering from these medical conditions. A direction for the import of these speciality foods had been given by the FSSAI through a notification dated 2 November […]
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued draft regulations for third-party auditing of food business operators (FBOs) in India, aiming at a systematic and functionally-independent examination of food safety measures adopted by manufacturing units and claims made thereof.
Divided into six chapters and three schedules, the regulations describe in detail the […]
The FSSAI constituted an Expert Group of 11 members from the field of medicine, nutrition and dietetics to holistically address the issue of intake of High Fats, Sugar and Salt (HFSS) in some foods especially as these give rise to lifestyle diseases like diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. After reviewing Indian studies, government reports […]