FSSAI has issued an order directing food business operators (FBOs) to maintain records of edible oils used by them if their consumption exceeds 50 litre per day.  The step is being taken to avoid the repeat use of cooking oil beyond permissible limit and ensure food safety.
Further, the country’s apex food regulator, through this order, wants to ensure […]
The India Section of the AOAC INTERNATIONAL is pleased to announce its 6th annual conference scheduled during Feb 28th to March 01, 2019 at The Park Hotel, New Delhi.
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
6th Annual Conference of the India Section of the AOAC INTERNATIONAL
Towards Collaborative Leadership to Ensure Food Safety
Date: February 28 – March 1, 2019
Location: Hotel “The Parkâ€, New Delhi
For registrations, please visit here
Food regulator FSSAI will launch “rigorous” inspections on food companies to ensure that best standards are followed as part of its effort to build trust among people about the safety and quality of cooked or packaged products, its CEO Pawan Kumar Agarwal said Thursday. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) will […]
The food package, whether it is the primary or secondary package, serves a number of roles: It protects the food, provides the consumer with information, helps market the food, warns customers of potential dangers (such as from allergens), provides a container for transport, allows the product to be tracked and traced, and can even […]
University of Georgia food scientist Xiangyu Deng has created a system that can identify subtypes of foodborne pathogens in a fraction of the time taken by traditional methods.
Quick detection and pathogen fingerprinting can save lives by helping to identify foodborne illness outbreaks and their victims, thereby making it easier to contain outbreaks.
“In outbreaks, time […]
There have been several recalls of ready-to-eat (RTE) foods due to contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. Efforts to prevent contamination of food products with Listeria monocytogenes must be conducted at all levels of production. This is a difficult task given the fact that the bacteria is so widespread in the environment. Focusing efforts in your […]
Food safety authority FSSAI today said it will reclassify food businesses on the basis of turnover to align with the goods and services tax (GST).  Under the GST regime, implemented from July 1, 2017, businesses with an annual turnover of over Rs 20 lakh are required to pay GST.  “We are in the process of amending the licensing […]
The pour plate method is an economical way for pharmaceutical, contract and even food laboratories to perform tests focused on a specific number of bacteria. The process may seem simple (melt, pipette, pour, swirl, incubate), but errors have been known to occur.
Fortunately, there are several steps you can take to ensure the success of […]
A consortium of packaged atta companies, including ITC Aashirvaad, Rajdhani and Silver Coin, held a press conference recently to demand that FSSAI put a one-point reference system in place to dispel the misinformation regarding packaged food.
Referring to the spurt in videos claiming that packaged atta contains plastic, which have been doing the rounds on social media of […]
An international study on Thursday said popular brands were selling contaminated mineral water bottles. The study by the State University of New York found twice as many plastic particles or micro-plastics in bottled water.Now, India’s apex food regulator is consulting a scientific panel to understand the implications of the study. The study also prompted the WHO to take […]
