The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (Maharashtra FDA) has issued a prohibition order to Hardcastle Restaurants Pvt. Ltd, which operates quick service food chain McDonald’s in India, to immediately stop sale of beverages at its 60 outlets across Maharashtra for contraventions under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 .
In its order, MFDA has […]
FSSAI to lift tea decoction samples to check adulteration
After repeated raids to curb the use of adulterated tea dust, officials of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) have started lifting decoction samples from tea stalls to check for adulterants.
Earlier, FSSAI officials used to lift tea dust from provision shops, bakeries and tea […]
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has set the nutritional benchmarks of food items used in social sector programmes such as ICDS, PDS and midday meals, such as rice, wheat flour, milk, edible oil and salt.
Food fortification helps combat malnutrition through staple food items. The government is trying to push such […]
As consumers become more mindful about what they eat, ‘calorie’ count is the new ‘MRP’ for packaged food products. Traditionally, nutritional information is printed on the back of a product pack, while MRP (maximum retail price) is used as the unique selling proposition for the price-sensitive consumer.
Now, to engage with the new-age, calorie conscious […]
Food laboratories will reopen in three districts — Bharatpur, Bikaner and Banswara. Health department has given the principal approval for setting up such laboratories. Apart from the three laboratories, health department has also approved setting up of public health laboratories in Churu and Jalore.
Presently, six existing laboratories a, located in Jaipur, Kota, Jodhpur, Udaipur, […]
The process of generating no-objection certificates (NOCs), especially in case of products that are sent for testing to laboratories that are not close to points of entry, is time-consuming and is delaying the single-window clearance procedure. This was identified by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and the customs department, who […]
In a bid to curb black money and encourage a cashless economy, the government of India implemented demonetisation, and the effect of demonitisation felt by the food processing industry and consumers alike.
This has led to a change in the expenditure by consumers. As a result, they prefer to purchase essential items. This, in turn, […]
The Odisha government today launched the online registration and licensing system for Food Business Operators (FBOs). Inaugurating the facility, Health and Family Welfare minister Pradip Kumar Amat said the online Food Licensing & Registration System (FLRS) enables the FBOs to apply for license or registration by paying appropriate fees, uploading supporting documents, track the […]
Food regulator FSSAI is collecting samples of milk and honey sold in the market to check quality of these two food items after it received consumer complaints, its CEO Pawan Kumar Agarwal said today.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has set up an expert panel to review the existing standards to […]
Health supplements cannot be sold as ‘medicines’ any more, with food safety watchdog as FSSAIÂ announced new standards for manufacturers of these products to check mis-labelling.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has operationalised with immediate effect new standards for eight categories of products, including health supplements and nutraceuticals.
FSSAI will now start granting […]