Fill Infrastructural gaps hampering food processing in India : Assocham
With just over two per cent of annual production processed, the Associated Chambers of Commerce of India (Assocham) on Thursday urged the Centre to fill infrastructural gaps to improve growth of the food processing sector in India.
“Just over two per cent of annual production is […]
PURPOSE OF THE GUIDELINES
To ensure that nutrition labelling is effective:
in providing the consumer with information about a food so that a wise choice of food can be made;
in providing a means for conveying information of the nutrient content of a food on the label;
in encouraging the use of sound nutrition principles […]
On World Food Day, Twitter witnessed an outpouring of gratitude to India’s farmers, with several thousands of tweets being tagged with the hashtag #ThankYouKisan.
The hashtag was created by the IFFCO (Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative Limited), a co-operative society that produces and distributes fertilizer.
It’s our kisan behind all the food we eat made with love. This #WorldFoodDay let’s […]
The Biggest Agricultural exhibition-Krishi Darshan is back from 15th to 17th Oct,2016 at  Northern Region Farm Machinery Training & Testing Institute(NRFMTTI) in Hisar after grand success of last five years.
Krishi Darshan Expo is organized every year by Agri India Exhibition in collaboration with Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute (Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture […]
Vitamin K plays a key role in helping the blood clot, preventing excessive bleeding. Unlike many other vitamins, vitamin K is not typically used as a dietary supplement.
Vitamin K is actually a group of compounds. The most important of these compounds appears to be vitamin K1 and vitamin K2. Vitamin K1 is obtained from […]
What is food fortification?
Food fortification – also known as food enrichment – is when nutrients are added to food at higher levels than what the original food provides. This is done to address micronutrient deficiencies across populations, countries and regions.
Governments working with industry, international agencies and NGOs have used this method to help reduce […]
Nutraceuticals is a broad umbrella term that is used to describe any product derived from food sources with extra health benefits in addition to the basic nutritional value found in foods.
Term commonly used anonymously for designer foods, health foods, fortified foods, medifoods, vita foods, pharma foods, functional foods and dietary supplements.
Term coined by Dr.Stephen […]
File No. 11/03/Reg/Fortification/2014.-
CHAPTER 1: GENERAL
1. Short Title and commencement. – (1) these regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Fortification of Foods) Regulations, 2016.
CHAPTER 2: STANDARDS ON FORTIFICATION
3. General principles.-
(1) Essential nutrients may be appropriately added to foods for the purpose of contributing to any of the following:
(a) Preventing or reducing the […]
Short title and commencement: –
1.1 These Regulations may be called the “Food Safety and Standards (Approval for Non-Specified Food and Food Ingredients) Regulations, 2016â€
1.2 They shall come into force with effect from the date of their final publication in official gazette.
2. Definitions: – Unless the context otherwise requires, —
2.1 “Act†means the Food Safety […]
In the previous module you were introduced to the stationary phases which serve to retain selectively the sample components. After separation these components need to be transported to the detector for detection and quantification. Mobile phase is the life line of HPLC system as it transports the sample from the injector to the detector […]