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New Delhi: Food regulator FSSAI on Saturday approved changes in nutrition labeling of packaged foods, proposing that total salt, sugar and saturated fat be shown in bold and in a larger font size.The FSSAI will issue a draft notification on this and seek feedback from stakeholders.In an...

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Telangana Food Safety Commissioner's Task Force team carried out a thorough inspection at LuLu Hypermarket in Kukatpally, Hyderabad. The inspection, which took place on June 26, 2024, aimed to ensure compliance with food safety rules and regulations.Speaking to...

New Delhi: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India on Thursday issued an improvement notice to in-flight catering company TajCats after a passenger found a blade-like object in the food served on an Air India flight from Bengaluru to San Francisco.The incident occurred on June 9 and...

By Shalini BhardwajMumbai (Maharashtra) [India], FSSAI Western Region Office has suspended the license of an ice cream manufacturer in Pune after a 26-year-old doctor from Malad West alleged that he found a human finger in an ice cream cone on Wednesday. ."A team from the Western Region...

New Delhi, Food regulator FSSAI has asked food business operators to immediately remove claims of 100 per cent fruit juice from advertisements as well as labels on packaged products.According to an official statement, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a...

New Delhi [India], The University Grants Commission on Friday wrote to higher educational institutions urging them to disseminate messages from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) among students related to food safety. In the letter, UGC Secretary Manish Joshi said. wrote...

New Delhi, Food regulator FSSAI has warned food business operators against the sale of mother's milk and directed licensing authorities not to issue approval for processing and sale of human milk.Amid complaints that some institutions are selling breast milk in the open market, the Food Safety...

New Delhi: Food regulator FSSAI has found no trace of ethylene oxide in samples of spices from two leading brands MDH and Everest, which were tested at 2 accredited laboratories, sources said.According to him, reports from six other laboratories are still pending.Last month, the Food Safety...

New Delhi, Plant Based Foods Industry Association (PBFIA) on Tuesday urged the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to relax restrictions on the use of the word "milk" on packaging.Speaking at a summit here, PBFIA executive director Sanjay Sethi requested FSSAI to allow a...

In a statement, FSSAI has advised state and union territory food safety departments to remain alert and take serious action and again deal strictly with those involved in such illegal activities as per law.The National Food Regulator has permitted the use of ethylene gas as a safe alternative...

New Delhi [India], Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has directed traders, fruit handlers and food businesses operating fruit ripening chambers to ensure strict compliance with the ban on calcium carbide for artificial ripening of fruits. Have given instructions. Operators...

New Delhi, Food regulator FSSAI has asked traders and food business operators not to use banned product 'Calcium Carbide' for ripening fruits.In an official statement, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said it has "revised the ban on calcium carbide for artificial...

A senior Tamil Nadu food department official told IANS that despite strict monitoring and police intervention and awareness, farmers have not stopped using calcium carbide for ripening mango fruits.This follows medical reports that acetylene gas was released when calcium carbide was used as...

New Delhi: The CBI on Tuesday seized over Rs 1.42 crore in cash during searches at the premises of the manager of a Thane-based company, who was arrested along with an assistant director of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) in a bribery case, officials said. of. Said.He...

New Delhi [India], The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has suspended its assistant director with immediate effect from the date of detention, who was arrested by the CBI in Mumbai on May 5, 2024, sources said. FSSAI has said that it has also started the process of canceling...

In a press statement, FSSAI described the reports as "false and malicious" and emphasized that India has one of the most stringent maximum residue limit (MRL) standards in the world.It also mentions that MRLs of pesticides are established differently for different food items based on risk...

New Delhi: After launching a probe into alleged violations of norms in branded spices, food regulator FSSAI plans to start monitoring other food items like fortified rice, dairy products and spices sold in the domestic market.According to sources, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of...

New Delhi, Food safety regulator FSSAI on Thursday said it is in the process of collecting pan-India samples of Nestle's Cerelac Baby cereal, amid a global report that claimed the company was adding high sugar content to the product."We are collecting samples (of Nestlé's Cerelac Baby cereal)...

New Delhi: Food safety regulator FSSAI has started taking samples of spices and powders of all brands, including MDH and Everest, from across the country in view of quality concerns by Singapore and Hong Kong, a government source said."In view of the current development, FSSAI is taking...

New Delhi, Top child rights body National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has raised concerns about sugar content in baby food products and asked the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to review it.In a notice addressed to FSSAI CEO G Kamala Vardhan Rao...