FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) has issued a gazette notification with respect to standards for alcoholic beverages. Aiming at the safety of alcoholic beverages, the regulations deal with food safety and labelling requirements in alliance with the FSS Act, 2006, and the Regulations, 2011, thereunder.
According to the apex food regulator, due […]
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a clarification with respect to the licence category for premixes. The country’s apex food regulator in a recent notice has clarified that premixes can be licensed under Category 99 of Food Categorisation Code.
FSSAI, in this regard, has stated that any intermediary products/premixes which […]
FSSAI has issued a notification to the food safety commissioners of all states and Union Territories (UTs) to initiate a systematic campaign to generate awareness amongst all citizens to discourage the simultaneous handling of food and currency notes or coins, which are widely exchanged for goods and services by all sections of society.
The country’s […]
Researchers from Hebrew SeniorLife’s Institute for Aging Research (IFAR), Wageningen University, Tilburg University, University of Reading, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre (BIDMC) have discovered that higher intake of dairy foods, such as milk, yoghurt, and cheese is associated with higher volumetric bone mineral density and vertebral strength at the spine in men.
Dairy intake […]
In an ongoing PIL that seeks Supreme Court’s directions for concrete action on harmful pesticides and their phasing out in India, in its last hearing a month ago, the court directed the petitioners to make a representation to the “J S Sandhu Committee†within 15 days.
However, the said committee ceased to exist and a […]
In what could be a test case of how responsive state food safety authorities are towards FSSAI’s directives, the country’s apex food regulator has again issued a letter instructing the states’ and Union Territories’ (UTs’) food safety commissioners to share the outcome of special efforts undertaken in their respective state or UT and dispose […]
FSSAI is working on draft standards for food related to inborn errors of metabolism for infants. It would be put out for comments and suggestion shortly. The country’s apex food regulator has also identified the food products that would be named in a list and shall be allowed to be imported in the country, […]
FSSAI has notified the draft regulations with respect to the packaging material used by food business operators (FBOs) to pack the food products. The country’s apex food regulator, in a statement, has stated that these regulations would ensure safe packaging of food products, thereby reducing the health-related risks.
This packaging regulations, which will supersede the […]
FSSAI has issued a notice seeking suggestions and comments on the amended regulations related to supplements for children in the age group of two or three.
“Called the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2018, the regulations, relating to standards of formulated supplements for children (the draft has been […]
Project Dhoop seeks to promote sunlight as a natural source of Vitamin D for children. Schools urged to shift ‘Morning Assembly’ to ‘Noon Assembly’ – the best time for students to soak in sunlight for natural absorption for Vitamin D.
New Delhi, April 09, 2018: In order to address rising incidence of Vitamin ‘D’ Deficiencies […]
