The star rating system is a type of symbol-based labelling that does not provide upfront information on the exact amount of salt, sugar, or fat…
Ganji Kamala V Rao has been named Chief Executive Officer, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Ministry of Health and Family…
Directing the vendors to stop giving food items like 'vada pav', 'poha', sweets, and others wrapped in newspapers to customers,…
Food handlers of micro-level food processing units will be provided training on understanding of good hygiene, food testing process and other…
Front of Package labels seek to provide simple nutrition information in a more accessible location instead on the back or side of packages.
FSSAI has directed carrying out of audits of FBOs through private auditing agencies to strengthen the food safety surveillance system.
Singhal is also of the opinion that Internet of Things (IoT) has taken a big leap forward and can be used for mounting production and processing…
The hospitality body has requested the regulator to take into consideration the COVID-hit industry's on-going crisis and the additional expense…
Mentioning of FSSAI number shall also improve the overall awareness, it said if not mentioned, it will indicate non-compliance or non registration/…
It has also issued direction to allow FBOs (food business operators), other than manufacturers, to temporarily operate their businesses on the basis…
FSSAI had earlier extended the deadline to July 1, 2020 and subsequently till January 1, 2021.
The food safety body has also asked state food commissioners to conduct an effective enforcement drive to check the adulteration of commonly used…
With this, FSSAI will have four regional offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, 12 branch offices and 6 import offices.
FSSAI shared that regular beer or lager should be free of yeast while draught beer should have yeast content of at most 40 CFU (colony-forming units).
The Eat Right tool kit would serve as a supplementary engagement resource to be mainstreamed in the national nutrition and public health programmes.
The country’s food regulator also suggests mandatory declaration by packaged food manufacturers about nutritional information such as calories, total fat, trans fat, sugar and salt per serve on the front of the pack.
The regulator has invited the top 200 companies by sales to join the platform in the first phase of the self-regulation exercise
Under this agreement, Decernis will integrate Indian draft and final standards into its systems to improve the understanding and compliance of users.
Earlier addressing the event, Agarwal said FSSAI has accelerated the pace of standard settings in the country.
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