In the food industry, chemicals are routinely used to sanitize and disinfect product contact surfaces. These chemicals provide a necessary and required step to ensure that the foods produced and consumed are as free as possible from microorganisms that can cause foodborne illness. Prevention is the name of the game. What are these chemicals, […]
Food packaging is an essential part of a company dealing with food products. Good packaging not only prevents the food from spillage but also has many other advantages. It protects the product from agents like temperature, water, dust, etc and hence conserves the quality of food. Packaging is an important and innovative source of […]
The food processing sector in the country has been showing spectacular growth over the last decade. There are huge opportunities for ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook food products in the country. Women are not confined to the kitchen and are emerging as home managers. Food outsourcing is acquiring momentum across the country. Food movements have also […]
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (Maharashtra FDA) has issued a prohibition order to Hardcastle Restaurants Pvt. Ltd, which operates quick service food chain McDonald’s in India, to immediately stop sale of beverages at its 60 outlets across Maharashtra for contraventions under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 .
In its order, MFDA has […]
What is Frozen Food?
Freezing food preserves it from the time it is prepared to the time it is eaten. Since early times, farmers, fishermen, and trappers have preserved their grains and produce in unheated buildings during the winter season. Freezing food slows down decomposition by turning residual moisture into ice, inhibiting the growth of most bacterial […]
FSSAI to lift tea decoction samples to check adulteration
After repeated raids to curb the use of adulterated tea dust, officials of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) have started lifting decoction samples from tea stalls to check for adulterants.
Earlier, FSSAI officials used to lift tea dust from provision shops, bakeries and tea […]
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has defined guidelines for  “Best Before” and “Use By Date” label of food products. Also, it has clearly delineated how to label this information on packaged food products under Packaging and Labelling regulations, 2011.
“Best before†is the date on the label that indicates the end of the […]
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has set the nutritional benchmarks of food items used in social sector programmes such as ICDS, PDS and midday meals, such as rice, wheat flour, milk, edible oil and salt.
Food fortification helps combat malnutrition through staple food items. The government is trying to push such […]
If you are an individual or an organization importing food products into India then you have to comply with the guidelines issued by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), India’s food regulator has issued certain norms for the import, labelling and packaging of products imported […]
As consumers become more mindful about what they eat, ‘calorie’ count is the new ‘MRP’ for packaged food products. Traditionally, nutritional information is printed on the back of a product pack, while MRP (maximum retail price) is used as the unique selling proposition for the price-sensitive consumer.
Now, to engage with the new-age, calorie conscious […]