Food laboratories will reopen in three districts — Bharatpur, Bikaner and Banswara. Health department has given the principal approval for setting up such laboratories. Apart from the three laboratories, health department has also approved setting up of public health laboratories in Churu and Jalore.
Presently, six existing laboratories a, located in Jaipur, Kota, Jodhpur, Udaipur, […]
The process of generating no-objection certificates (NOCs), especially in case of products that are sent for testing to laboratories that are not close to points of entry, is time-consuming and is delaying the single-window clearance procedure. This was identified by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and the customs department, who […]
The Odisha government today launched the online registration and licensing system for Food Business Operators (FBOs). Inaugurating the facility, Health and Family Welfare minister Pradip Kumar Amat said the online Food Licensing & Registration System (FLRS) enables the FBOs to apply for license or registration by paying appropriate fees, uploading supporting documents, track the […]
Food is the closest product of human consumption and has the power to delight consumers. This makes it very critical to ensure food safety.
Food producers across the country are increasingly growing sensitive about the fact that the food they produce should be the safest for human consumption.
Industrialisation has transformed the quality of the value […]
The Food, Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) says “Wrapping food in newspapers is an unhealthy practice and the consumption of such food is injurious to health, even if the food has been cooked hygienically,”.
The food regulator said the chemicals in newspaper ink contain harmful colours, pigments, additives and preservatives. “Besides chemical contaminants, […]
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) will soon make third-party audits mandatory for food companies to ensure food safety, the authority’s chief executive Pawan Kumar Agarwal said.
“We are working on the regulations and final guidelines will be notified soon,†Agarwal said without disclosing further details. He was speaking at a programme […]
India is set to limit caffeine content in energy drinks, a product category that countries like the US do not regulate.
Starting 1 July, companies selling beverages that have caffeine will have to abide by norms defined by the food regulator, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), according to a government notification […]
Through a notification dated 1 December 2016 the FSSAI has extended the date related to the declaration of class title, trans fat content and saturated fat content on label of the food products.
The FSSAI had published a notification in the Official Gazette of India in this regard on 25 May 2016. Through a notification […]
The Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Thursday operationalised much awaited regulations covering health supplements, nutraceuticals, food for special dietary use and special medical purpose, functional foods and novel foods.
In the Food Safety and Standards (Health Supplements, Nutraceuticals, Food for Special Dietary Use, Food for Special Medical Purpose, Functional Food and […]
Food regulator FSSAI is collecting samples of milk and honey sold in the market to check quality of these two food items after it received consumer complaints, its CEO Pawan Kumar Agarwal said today.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has set up an expert panel to review the existing standards to […]