The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) will soon make third-party audits mandatory for food companies to ensure food safety, the authority’s chief executive Pawan Kumar Agarwal said.
“We are working on the regulations and final guidelines will be notified soon,†Agarwal said without disclosing further details. He was speaking at a programme […]
India is set to limit caffeine content in energy drinks, a product category that countries like the US do not regulate.
Starting 1 July, companies selling beverages that have caffeine will have to abide by norms defined by the food regulator, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), according to a government notification […]
Through a notification dated 1 December 2016 the FSSAI has extended the date related to the declaration of class title, trans fat content and saturated fat content on label of the food products.
The FSSAI had published a notification in the Official Gazette of India in this regard on 25 May 2016. Through a notification […]
What is aflatoxin?
Aflatoxin is a sort of poison produced by the mould Aspergillus flavus which leads to severe health effects on humans and animals alike. Aspergillus flavus is the most common specie in Africa and Asia, highly toxic group of mycotoxins.
Aflatoxin accumulating fungi can infect groundnut during the production season as well as during […]
The Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Thursday operationalised much awaited regulations covering health supplements, nutraceuticals, food for special dietary use and special medical purpose, functional foods and novel foods.
In the Food Safety and Standards (Health Supplements, Nutraceuticals, Food for Special Dietary Use, Food for Special Medical Purpose, Functional Food and […]
Food regulator FSSAI is collecting samples of milk and honey sold in the market to check quality of these two food items after it received consumer complaints, its CEO Pawan Kumar Agarwal said today.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has set up an expert panel to review the existing standards to […]
A team from the University of Bonn in Germany has found that compounds known as steviol glycosides are unchanged during different stages of production. The report helps to confirm that the sweetener or sugar substitute known as stevia can be considered as a natural sweetener. Scientists analysed three different batches of stevia throughout the […]
What is Dioxin?
Dioxins are a group of chemically-related compounds that are persistent environmental pollutants (POPs).
Dioxins are found throughout the world in the environment and they accumulate in the food chain, mainly in the fatty tissue of animals.
More than 90% of human exposure is through food, mainly meat and dairy products, fish […]
Health supplements cannot be sold as ‘medicines’ any more, with food safety watchdog as FSSAIÂ announced new standards for manufacturers of these products to check mis-labelling.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has operationalised with immediate effect new standards for eight categories of products, including health supplements and nutraceuticals.
FSSAI will now start granting […]
What are the health risks associated with pesticide residues in food?
Pesticides are chemicals used in agriculture to protect crops against insects, fungi, weeds and other pests. In addition to their use in agriculture, pesticides are also used to protect public health in controlling the vectors of tropical diseases, such as mosquitoes.
But pesticides are also […]