The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India have notified the following regulatory update:
Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Amendment Regulation, 2015 regarding limit of biotoxins in fish and fish products. [Amendment in the Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Regulation, 2011: Regulation 2.2]. Â Click to download
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India have notified the following regulatory update:
Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) (Amendment) Regulation, 2016 regarding standards of Melamine in Milk and Milk Products. Â Click to download
Food poisoning is defined as any disease of an infections or toxic nature caused by the consumption of food or drink. The term is most often used to describe the illness, usually diarrhea and .or vomiting caused by bacteria, virus or parasites.
Types:
Most food poisoning is caused by harmful bugs (pathogens)Â getting into food. The most […]
What is Gluten?
Gluten is the protein that occurs naturally in wheat, rye, barley, and crossbreeds of these grains. Foods that typically contain gluten include breads, cakes, cereals, pastas, and many other foods. Gluten is the substance that gives breads and other grain products their shape, strength, and texture. But for the estimated 3 […]
People with allergies know how important it is to stay away from allergens to which they are sensitive. But what if those substances are in your food and you don’t know it?
You can check the food label for certain allergens. The US Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act (FALCPA) requires food manufacturers to […]
Modified Atmospheric Packaging
The modified atmosphere concept for packaged goods consists of modifying the atmosphere surrounding a food product by vacuum, gas flushing or controlled permeability of the pack thus controlling the biochemical, enzymatic and microbial actions so as to avoid or decrease the main degradation’s that might occur. This allows the preservation of the […]
FOOD ADDITIVES
Food additive means any substance not normally consumed as a food by itself and not normally used as a typical ingredient of the food, whether or not it has nutritive value, the intentional addition of which to food for a technological (including organoleptic) purpose in the manufacture, processing, preparation, treatment, packing, packaging, transport […]
Shelf Life
The stated shelf life of a food is the period of time for which it remains safe and suitable for consumption, provided the food has been stored in accordance with any stated storage conditions. This means that the food:
must remain safe to consume, i.e. should not cause food-poisoning because of the growth of […]
FSSAI has further extended the time period granted to the Food Business Operators for complying with the provisions of the said notification no. P 15014/1/ 2011-PFA/FSSAI dated 27.06.2013 published in the Gazette of India amending the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labeling) Regulations, 2011 regarding the declaration of trans fat and saturated fat on the label and the […]
The new year heralds good news for food lovers. For faster clearance of imported food products, including supplements and nutraceuticals, the government has decided to waive off sampling from consignments of general food products at ports, airports and other points of entry. Instead, only risk-based sampling will be done to ascertain compliance.
The move is […]