With many brands using the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) logo to sell their products, notably Patanjali and Dabur, the apex regulator has issued a clarification that its logo can’t be used to sell any product, and that it is not a means for rival companies to denounce their competitors’ products.
The apex […]
Who is an Authorised Officer?Â
FAQs of Food Import Clearance Process for importers Authorised Officer (AO) is appointed by CEO, FSSAI for the purpose of performing all the functions required for Food Import Clearance under section 25 of the Act.Â
What are the pre-requisites for importing food into India?
Import-Export Code from DGFT and Import License […]
Through an order issued on 2 February 2017 the FSSAI has drafted guidelines that will help e-commerce FBOs regulate their food businesses. All online e-commerce activities will be carried out under these draft guidelines and FBOs running e-commerce businesses online will have to comply with. The FSSAI has given definitions the business models that […]
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), has constituted a scientific panel on food fortification and nutrition.
The apex regulator stated, “The panel will identify critical nutritional gaps in the Indian diet in general as well as specific target groups based on diet surveys and credible scientific evidence, define strategies to address nutritional […]
The FSSAI has published a draft for the revision of standards for Cane Jaggery or Cane Gur & Sodium Saccharin (food grade) and standards for Calcium Saccharin (food grade) which it has uploaded on 10 January 2017. Â The FSSAI has asked stakeholders for their suggestions, views and comments within a period of 30 days. […]
As an organization working to benefit the consumer packaged foods industry to help them meet the FSSAI standards, ManageArtworks has collated the following information from FSSAI sources and consolidated it and presented the information in a way that will benefit all manufacturers in the food and beverage industry in India.
The Food Safety and Standards […]
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued an order directing e-commerce businesses to obtain licenses in order to sell food products in India. According to sources, this was done to remove any ambiguity over regulations on e-commerce in the country.
Now, e-commerce food business operators (FBOs) have to obtain a license […]
As rapid microbiology methods have been increasingly adopted by the food industry during the past 30 years, much emphasis has been placed on the detection of foodborne pathogens and reducing test times as much as possible.
Novel methods such as PCR, along with other molecular approaches, have done much to find these organisms more […]
Although the goods and service tax (GST) rates are yet to be finalised by GST Council, the department of consumer affairs, ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution is quite optimistic that with its advent, the warehousing sector will see its transformation to a next level as the GST regime would have preferential […]
FSSAI has released a Gazette notification for food recall procedure. The notification is applicable to the entire food chain which includes the manufacture, processing, distribution, sale, import and export of food. To ensure the food recall, the notification laid emphasis on traceability to follow the movement of a food article through specified stages of […]