Mumbai, Nov 16 (PTI) The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) today said it is in the process of setting up a food safety standards review panel to identify gaps in the existing standards for safe and nutritious food against international standards.
“FSSAI has formulated a three-pronged strategy for ensuring safe and nutritious […]
For centuries, ingredients have served useful functions in a variety of foods. Our ancestors used salt to preserve meats and fish, added herbs and spices to improve the flavor of foods, preserved fruit with sugar, and pickled cucumbers in a vinegar solution. Today, consumers demand and enjoy a food supply that is flavorful, nutritious, […]
There are many products that are made from milk and hence quality of milk is very important for its market value. Milk and milk products being made up of 87% water is prone to adulteration by unscrupulous middlemen and unfaithful farm workers. Moreover, its high nutritive value makes it an ideal medium for the rapid […]
The Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is likely to come up with fortification standards for packaged food products such as cereals and biscuits. Fortification means deliberately increasing the content of essential micronutrients such as iron, Vitamin A, Vitamin D, Iodine, etc, in a food product so as to improve its nutritional […]
Food Safety and Standards Authority in India has finally operationalised standards for caffeinated beverages and allowed use of ‘blue tint’ in plastic container of five litre and above for packaging of mineral water.
Look what new standards says:
Water used in preparation of caffeinated beverages should conform to the standards of packaged drinking water
Water should […]
 Are all delicious and very special Tirupati laddus safe?
It has come under scanner as FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) has asked the Commissioner of Food Safety, Andhra Pradesh, to investigate into certification and alleged violation of food safety norms by TTD in making of laddus following a petition by a city-based […]
Food microbiology of food is quite simply the study of those microorganisms (both beneficial and harmful) that impact food and beverage products. It encompasses two major areas: general microbiology and food safety/quality. A proper understanding of microorganisms (especially bacteria, yeasts, molds, and parasites) and those factors that impact growth, survival and pathogenesis provide the foundation […]
Adulteraion of food refers to mixing other matter of an inferior and sometimes harmful quality with food or drink intended to be sold. Adulterant in food is normally present in its most crude form, prohibited substances are either added or partly or wholly substituted.
In India, Generally food products are adulterated either for financial gain or due […]
Food Safety and Standard Authority in India has given directions regarding the operationalization of the Food Safety Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulation 2016 relating to the limit of iron filings in tea. FSSAI had notified the amendment in May 2016 and after taking into consideration the comments and suggestions of all […]
Noting that canteens and messes in educational institutions are not licensed under the Food Safety and Standards Act, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked varsities and colleges to ensure that rules in this regard are complied with.
In a letter to Vice Chancellor of Universities UGC Secretary Jaspal S Sandhu said “ “You are requested […]