Through a notice uploaded on the website FSSAI has called for suggestions, views, and comments from stakeholders regarding removal of ‘Boudouin test’ requirement for Blended edible Vegetable Oil and revision of special provisions relating to sale of vanaspati in the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011. The objections and […]
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 […]
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has operationalised standards relating to non-carbonated water-based beverages (non-alcoholic). The regulations—the Food Safety Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2017—came into force on July 6, 2017, as a separate category.
Separate category
The category includes all non-carbonated, non-alcoholic beverages, including tea, coffee and bottled […]
Organic products are grown under a system of agriculture without the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides with an environmentally and socially responsible approach. This is a method of farming that works at grass root level preserving the reproductive and regenerative capacity of the soil, good plant nutrition, and sound soil management, produces nutritious […]
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a directive regarding the usage of yeast in the baking industry. According to it, yeast is now considered an approved ingredient.
This is a part of the harmonisation process being undertaken by the apex food regulator, wherein it has prepared a list of approved […]
The FSSAI has drafted the Food Safety and Standards (Recovery and distribution of surplus food) Regulations, 2017 and has invited comments, views and suggestions stakeholders with 60 days from 20 June 2017.
Chapter I of these regulations defines the following terms
Surplus Foods means any leftover unused portions of safe food that have not been served to […]
The FSSAI has suggested changes in the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011. Under the regulation FRUIT & VEGETABLE PRODUCTS the parameters for the use of Aflatoxin in Raisins and Nuts (2.3.47) and the entries relating to it have been omitted.
In the FSSAI drafts notification related to standards […]
Food gets a lion share in total consumption expenditure of households ranging from 38.5% in urban to 48.6% in rural India (2011-12). India’s food processing sector is growing at an average rate of 8.4% (2008/09-2012/13) to meet an internal as well as global demand. It is also ranked sixth in the world in exporting […]
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is working on streamlining the licensing and registration system in the country. New forms would be made available to food business operators (FBOs), particularly restaurateurs. The sampling-, search- and seizure-related regulations would be reviewed, and the process would be made simple and hassle-free.
During the recent […]
Food regulator FSSAI has come out with a draft regulation for organic food products, seeking to ensure that these food items are actually organic.
Organic foods will have to comply with the provisions under the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) administered by the government or the Participatory Guarantee System for India (PGS-India) run by […]