Around nine deaths and one possible death and massive frozen products recall have been reported in countries as far and near as Austria, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates following a worldwide outbreak of listeria monocytogenes that started in Hungary about a week ago. Chains such […]
Update on date marking, upgrade on more than 26 pesticides, revision of additives list, and clarity on cadmium in chocolate, marked the Codex Alimentarius Commission’s 41st Session, a joint FAO and WHO food standards programme, that concluded its annual outing at FAO Headquarters, Rome, recently.
The five-day meet was attended by over 650 delegates from […]
FSSAI, the country’s apex food regulator, has further amended the food additive regulation, issuing new standards for chia oil and its fatty acid composition through a draft notification. These regulations will be known as Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2018.
As per the draft notification, in the Food […]
India’s first biofortified sorghum (jowar), with significantly higher iron and zinc than regular sorghum, was formally launched recently. Developed by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), the improved variety, ICSR 14001, was released as Parbhani Shakti for cultivation by Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth (VNMKV), Maharashtra.
It offers a cost-effective and […]
FSSAI has collaborated with the National Biodiesel Association to establish a nationwide ecosystem for the collection of used cooking oil and its conversion into bio-diesel, in adherence to the country’s apex food regulator’s directive to monitor the quality of used cooking oil, which came into force recently.
This was stated by Pawan Kumar Agarwal, chief […]
CRISIL foresees revenue from value-added dairy products (VAP)1 growing at a healthy 14-15 per cent, annually over the next three fiscals, or about 50 per cent faster than the overall sector’s growth rate.
That, along with steady growth in milk sales, should crank up the dairy sector’s revenue to Rs 7.5 lakh crore by fiscal 2021 […]
The Institute of Plasma Research (IPR), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, has developed a technology to produce plasma-activated water (PAW) that has the potential to keep fruits and vegetables fresh.
PAW is produced by exposing water to non-thermal air or oxygen plasma. Sharing the details on it, S K Nema, who was involved in the research, explained, “Air […]
FSSAI is actively considering reviewing the regulations it has prescribed for the organic food which came into force on July 1, 2018. The reason was said to be farmers’ protests at several places, who are finding it difficult to adhere to the norms.
“However, the country’s apex food regulator opined that the farmers are waking […]
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, has further extended the ban on import of milk and milk products from China, including chocolate and chocolate products, which expired on June 23, 2018, by six months, i e till December 23, 2018.
At a recent meeting […]
FSSAI has prescribed a time limit for referral laboratories to submit the testing reports of their analysis. In an order released by the country’s apex food regulator, it has directed the referral labs to submit their report within five days after the receipt of the samples in case of chemical and microbiological testing. The […]