FSSAI would examine new ingredients used in food preparations through rigorous scientific measures before giving any approval for their use.
This was stated by Pawan Kumar Agarwal, chief executive officer, FSSAI, at the fifth essay of a public lecture series on food safety assessment – novel ingredients and additives.
It was jointly organised by FSSAI and the […]
The US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) has launched the new Substances Added to Food inventory, an upgraded version of the original Everything Added to Food in the US (EAFUS) inventory.
The new searchable inventory contains approximately 4,000 substances, and includes information on food additives, colour additives, Generally Recognised As Safe (GRAS) and prior-sanctioned […]
The objective of the National Nutrition Mission (NNM) is to provide citizens, particularly women and children, with hygienic and nutritious food. It was launched earlier this year by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after a series of significant works done on key determinants of nutrition.
Sridhar Venkat, chief executive officer, The Akshaya Patra Foundation, said, “Apart from […]
FSSAI has issued a draft notice calling for views and suggestions from the World Trade Organization (WTO) – sanitary and phyto-sanitary (SPS) committee members revising the existing standards as well as adding new categories to the food additives list.
“Stakeholders must submit their suggestions within 60 days of the listing,†said a notice uploaded on […]
The official Wholesale Price Index (WPI) for all commodities (Base: 2011-12=100) for the month of May 2018 rose by 0.9 per cent to 117.9 (provisional) from 116.8 (provisional) for the previous month.
Inflation
The annual rate of inflation, based on the monthly WPI, stood at 4.43 per cent (provisional) for the month of May 2018 (over […]
FSSAI has issued a letter stating that it has extended the deadline to comply with the labelling provisions for frozen desserts or confectionery products under the food additive category by six months.
It October 2017, the country’s apex food regulator had issued a gazette notification specifying revised standards for milk and milk products under the […]
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has called for making the Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2018 more effective and stringent.
The draft Regulation had been released for comments by FSSAI in April 2018. They mandate compulsory labelling of salt and introduction of front-of-pack labelling.
CSE submitted its recommendations to the country’s […]
The Government of India has decided to hike the import duty on crude and refined soy oil, sunflower oil and canola oil by 10 per cent, i e from 35 per cent to 45 per cent. This is the highest increase in recent history.
It paid heed to the demand by the domestic edible oil […]
FSSAI has prescribed the size of the letters on the label of blended vegetable oils under the packaging and labelling regulations. In this regard, the apex food regulator has issued amended draft notification. The said regulations, which may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) First Amendment Regulations, 2018, will come […]
The consumption of Chakti, Africa’s maiden biofortified variant of pearl millet, may improve the nutritional status of women and children in the region, where anaemia is a significant public health concern. This scientific breakthrough is thanks to plant breeders at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) under the work of […]