With several initiatives taken by the government to ensure food safety, Chief Minister of Goa, Manohar Parrikar recently launched country’s first-ever mobile food testing laboratory. He unveiled the vehicle in presence of Goa Food and Drugs Administration Minister Vishwajit Rane. The mobile food…
Food safety and standard Authority of India (FSSAI) is retreating all old cases against Food Business Operator(FBO) which are now terminated under revised regulation. FSSAI has issued a circular to all local administrations in this regard bringing relief to…
Global food companies such as Cargill, Nestle, Coca-Cola, Danone, Tesco, Metro Group and Amazon have come together to form a lobby in India to work with the government, the regulator and academia to ensure food safety so that there is…
Food regulator shall use technology in a big way to enforce its norms and has set up an IT platform for safety compliances to bring consistency and transparency in inspection, its CEO Pawan Agarwal said. The Food Safety and…
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) have asked all States and Union territories to initiate a special drive to implement its Food Safety and Certification Programme (FoSTac) for all licensed food business operators. It has also asked…
Fortified foods are recommended to individuals whose deficiency is not managed by dietary supplementation due to the insufficient absorption of minerals. Hence Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) have plans to introduce doubly fortified wheat flour and salt…
In an initiative to enhance capability among the unorganised sector, KFCwill train 500 street Food vendors in India under the ‘Clean Street Food’ campaign of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India and be the first quick service restaurant to…
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will be able to increase its efforts to help countries test for contaminants in food thanks to a donation of sophisticated detection equipment by Japanese manufacturer Shimadzu Corporation. At a ceremony held in the…
Food regulator FSSAI said the availability of fortified milk and edible oil has improved but the progress is slow in fortification of wheat flour, rice and salt. Deliberate increase in content of essential micronutrients in food to improve its quality…
Simplifying food date labels is an important step forward in preventing food waste, and will help ending the confusion related to ‘sell by’ dates. So in this regard a group of consumer goods makers and retailers including Kellogg, Mart Stores…
