Adequate amounts of dietary fibre intake can promote good health.
Soluble fibre dissolves in water to become gummy or viscous, promotes the excretion of fatty substances such as cholesterol and helps to regulate the body’s use of sugars.
Insoluble fibre does not dissolve in water, but adds bulk and softness to stools. Thus, insoluble fibre promotes bowel regularity.
Adequate […]
There is a mandatory requirement of displaying FSSAI License Number at food premises. Usually, the FSSAI license number is not visible to the consumer currently. To change the overall consumer perceptibility of consumers about FSSAI, Food Safety Display Boards (FSDBs) will be introduced at various food businesses which deals directly with the consumers such […]
The objections or suggestions, if any, may be addressed to Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, 03rd Floor, Food and Drug Administration Bhawan, Kotla road, New Delhi – 110002 or emailed to codex-india@nic.in up to 31st August 2017.
PROPOSED DRAFT REVISION OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF FOOD HYGIENE
(CAC/RCP 1-1969)
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The term does not include chance contaminants. An additive may be reactive or inactive; it may be nutritive or nonnutritive; it should be neither toxic nor hazardous.
Additives are substances, or a mixture of substances, other than basic foodstuffs, that are present in food as a result of any aspect of production, processing, storage or […]
Food Production Demands Unique Design Solutions.
Food manufacturing operations possess design challenges that are unique to the food industry. Unlike most other facilities, food plants will endure physical and chemical abuse on a daily basis with the ever present risk of biological contamination. The need to maintain a hygienic processing environment requires a facility that […]
Good personal hygiene policies and practices are the foundation for successful food safety and quality assurance in all food manufacturing facilities. Plant personnel are among the most significant reservoirs and vectors of microorganisms, chemical residues and foreign materials in the food facility, and as such, can be a source of unwanted contamination to products.
Three […]
ABOUT APEDA
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) was established by the Government of India under the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act passed by the Parliament in December, 1985. The Act (2 of 1986) came into effect from 13th February, 1986 by a notification issued in the […]
Through a notification uploaded on 08/08/2017 the FSSAI has asked for suggestion, views, comments etc. from stakeholder on draft notification related to standards for harmonization of MRL of pesticide.
F.No.01-SP (PAR)-Notification-Pesticides /Stds-FSSAI/2017.- In the Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Regulations, 2011, in the regulation 2.3, for sub regulation 2.3.1, the following shall […]
NAGPUR: Chairman of Review Committee for Genetic Manipulations (RCGM) Dr B Sesikeran on Sunday said by stalling Bt brinjal, India has only done more harm than good while neighbouring Bangladesh has reaped its benefits.
“Over 6,000 farmers are benefiting from it and not a single person has died,” said Sesikeran, who was in the city […]
Through a recent notification the FSSAI has asked for suggestions, views and comments from stakeholders on the draft notification regarding fixation of the limits of aflatoxin in arecanut in the Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Regulations, 2011. In the regulation related to ‘Crop Contaminants and naturally occurring toxic’ the FSSAI has proposed […]