The food package, whether it is the primary or secondary package, serves a number of roles: It protects the food, provides the consumer with information, helps market the food, warns customers of potential dangers (such as from allergens), provides a container for transport, allows the product to be tracked and traced, and can even […]
Skipping out on simple food safety rules may have bigger consequences than you think. It may result in a belly ache or extra trips to the restroom. It can have more serious outcomes in those with weaker immune systems, like young kids, pregnant women and older adults. Here are 5 food safety guidelines that […]
While we are adopting global standards, it is important to keep in mind the local, cultural and geographical origin of food items while setting standards . Our country, though agriculturally abundant, is still struggling to provide its large population with the right nutrition. In a few decades, as we continue to grow in numbers […]
The ministry of agriculture and farmers welfare has declared millets like jowar, bajra, ragi, and kutki as nutri-cereals, as per a recent notification.
This has been done since millets are considered to hold great potential in substantially contributing to food and nutritional security of the country and thus they are not only a powerhouse of […]
FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) has issued a gazette notification with respect to standards for alcoholic beverages. Aiming at the safety of alcoholic beverages, the regulations deal with food safety and labelling requirements in alliance with the FSS Act, 2006, and the Regulations, 2011, thereunder.
According to the apex food regulator, due […]
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a clarification with respect to the licence category for premixes. The country’s apex food regulator in a recent notice has clarified that premixes can be licensed under Category 99 of Food Categorisation Code.
FSSAI, in this regard, has stated that any intermediary products/premixes which […]
FSSAI has issued a notification to the food safety commissioners of all states and Union Territories (UTs) to initiate a systematic campaign to generate awareness amongst all citizens to discourage the simultaneous handling of food and currency notes or coins, which are widely exchanged for goods and services by all sections of society.
The country’s […]
Researchers from Hebrew SeniorLife’s Institute for Aging Research (IFAR), Wageningen University, Tilburg University, University of Reading, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre (BIDMC) have discovered that higher intake of dairy foods, such as milk, yoghurt, and cheese is associated with higher volumetric bone mineral density and vertebral strength at the spine in men.
Dairy intake […]
In an ongoing PIL that seeks Supreme Court’s directions for concrete action on harmful pesticides and their phasing out in India, in its last hearing a month ago, the court directed the petitioners to make a representation to the “J S Sandhu Committee†within 15 days.
However, the said committee ceased to exist and a […]
In what could be a test case of how responsive state food safety authorities are towards FSSAI’s directives, the country’s apex food regulator has again issued a letter instructing the states’ and Union Territories’ (UTs’) food safety commissioners to share the outcome of special efforts undertaken in their respective state or UT and dispose […]
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