There are many factors which food processing businesses need to consider when ensuring food safety for consumers. Adhering to the necessary food safety standards and regulations can help prevent outbreaks of food-borne illnesses such as Salmonella, E. coli and Campylobacter.
Here are 10 critical areas of focus that will help you to ensure that food safety is applied to […]
Rapid use of chemicals and fertilisers have forced people to find a healthy way of living, this is where organic market comes into consideration. Organic food make its roots firm after people realised the importance of being healthy and carrying a healthy lifestyle.
According to TechSci Research report, “India Organic Food Market By Product Type, […]
Nestle SA is all set to launch its first organic food line in Brazil in the coming weeks, as the world’s biggest food company makes a global push to capture growing interest in healthy and organic products.
Nestle was planning to sell 1 million boxes of organic oatmeal and oat bran products in the country […]
On February 19, 2018 FSSAI declares in continuation to letter no: 15(6)2017/FLRS/RCD/FSSAI dated February 15, 2018 where it was communicated that FSSAI will provide a temporary window to such FBOs those license/Registration expired during the period of December 15, 2017 to February 15, 2018.
It is decided that an extended window on Food licensing and […]
Food can be contaminated by physical objects, chemicals, or bacteria transferred to the food either through poor handling practices or from another food source. This is known as cross-contamination.
Physical contamination
Physical contamination is caused by foreign objects entering food during the food preparation and service process and generally results in an injury rather than an […]
FSSAI has joined hands with CHIFSS (CII-HUL Initiative on Food Safety Sciences) with the purpose of driving activities related to science based food safety in the country, to strengthen protection of consumers and create an innovative environment for the industry.  This pioneering partnership plans to promote collaborations between Industry, Scientific Community, Academia, Key Opinion […]
On February 20, 2018 FSSAI has proposed to operationalize regulation of Packaging & Labelling of blended edible vegetable oils keeping in mind the consumer interest and to ensure fair practices.
Regulation Details as below:
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, hereby makes the following regulations operational with immediate effect. The enforcement of these regulations […]
February 20, 2018 FSSAI declares  method of analysis of various food products which have been approved by scientific panel on Method of Sampling and Analysis, ScientificCommittee and Food Authority.
The food testing laboratories shall use the following method with immediate effect. However, it would be the responsibility of the respective testing laboratory to confirm that […]
Monitoring aw is a critical control point for many food industry operations. The importance of water activity (aw) in food systems cannot be overemphasized. Throughout history water activity in food has been controlled by drying, addition of sugar or salt and freezing. These methods prevent spoilage and maintain food quality. Water activity is the ratio […]
Malt is the product obtained from germinated barley. Barley is first softened after cleaning by steeping with water and then allowed to germinate under controlled conditions. The germinated grain then undergoes the stages of drying, grinding, extracting, filtering, and evaporating, to produce Malt Extract with 78 to 80% solids content.† Malting allows the starches […]
