FSSAI is preparing new rules for product approvals after an earlier advisory, which put it at loggerheads with the food processing industry.
India’s food regulator may do away with product approvals if the ingredients used have already been cleared or are deemed safe, bringing relief to the food processing industry by introducing a globally accepted […]
We spend a considerable amount of our time in the food industry collecting data. Data may be quantitative or qualitative, and may be the result of one or more of numerous methodologies from an air settling plate or a swab to the analysis of a sample using high-performance liquid chromatography for the presence/absence of […]
AES Labs has added another 6,000 square feet area to the laboratory by adding an additional 1½ floors.  The total floor area of the laboratory now stands at 20,000 square feet.  The additional space will be used for expansion of existing facilities and also introduction of new analytical facilities.
The laboratory is also in the […]
After state food authority gave clearance to Maggi noodles in Uttarakhand on Wednesday, Ramdev’s Patanjali noodles has come under the scanner of the authorities due to controversies over an insect allegedly being found in the sealed packet of the noodles. As per Haridwar food commissioner’s office, samples of Patanjali noodles will be sent for […]
A leading Indian daily reports that India’s apex consumer tribunal has accepted the government’s plea for testing the Maggi Noodles samples kept by Nestlé India Ltd at the food regulator’s storage in Lucknow around the time the product was banned from the market in June.
The government’s request to the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) […]
One out of every five samples of food items tested by public food safety labs in the country has been found “adulterated and misbranded”, with maximum in Uttar Pradesh followed by Punjab and Madhya Pradesh.
Over Rs. 10.93 crore penalty has been imposed in 2,795 cases, while culprits have been convicted in 1,402 cases so […]
The government is taking steps to ease product approval system of food regulator FSSAI and working on a new mechanism where manufacturers may not need approval for their products if ingredients are cleared.
Addressing a FICCI conference, Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal today said this sector is facing several challenges like “inconsistent and restrictive […]
Notice calling for claims, suggestions, views, comments etc from WTO-SPS Committee Members within a period of 60 days on the draft amendment related to maximum limit of Iron fillings in Tea. 2. In the Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011, in regulation 2.10 relating to ‘Beverages, (other than […]