Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Over 25 per cent food samples, collected from January to May, failed the test under the Food Safety and Standards Act. Of the 256 food samples collected, 66 samples could not meet the standards. Dr Surinder Singla, District Health Officer (DHO) and Designated Officer, Food Safety, said the state food …
With the line between food and drug blurring, the queue of such products and supplements waiting for approval is growing rapidly, a senior official at FSSAI says Even as the Maggi noodle contamination issue has reached the courts, the next round of regulatory alarm might hit manufacturers of health supplements, …
Chandy to write to his counterparts seeking help The State government, as part of its efforts to bring in regulatory measures to check the import of vegetables with high pesticide residual content into Kerala from neighbouring States, has decided to work in cooperation with the neighbouring States so that the …
FDAs across India may take punitive actions against manufacturers, if products found to be sub-standard The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Monday asked states to conduct thorough tests on “non-standardised food products” such as noodles, pasta, and macaroni made by seven manufacturers. States may take punitive …
Activist body, best known for raising the pesticide in colas issue a decade before, say enforcement of food regulation must get stringent as consumption of packaged stuff grows Nestle’s travails with regulatory authorities over its Maggi brand last week is a wake-up call for food & beverage companies, says Delhi-based …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on adulteration of milk and milk products, 12/05/2015. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had conducted a Nation–wide survey on Milk Adulteration in 2011 through its five Regional Offices. A total of 1791 samples were drawn from 33 states and were tested …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on actions against adulteration of food items, 12/05/2015. As per information received from the States/UTs by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), state-wise details regarding number of food samples examined, samples found adulterated/misbranded, prosecutions launched and convictions/penalties, for the year 2011-12, 2012-13, …
Red-flagging the rising incidence of food and water contamination in India ahead of the World Health Day on Monday, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said there is need for strict enforcement of the Food Safety and Standards Act and strengthening of the food testing laboratory infrastructure and skills. …
PUNE: Use of artificial colour in spices and dry snacks and artificial ripening of mangoes are among the food safety and quality norm violations recorded in the last financial year. According to the latest report of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), about 15% of the food samples drawn between …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on quality control of bottled water, 03/03/2015. Also includes the details of the number of companies manufacturing and selling bottled/mineral water in the country under FSS Act, 2006.
A significant number of cases were registered against traders under the erstwhile PFAA and are pending in various courts across the country Considering the plea submitted by the Chandigarh chapter of the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) regarding withdrawal of cases registered under the erstwhile Prevention of Food Adulteration …
The Court of ADM-cum-Adjudicating Officer has imposed a penalty of Rs 1.75 lakh on a hotel under the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act, 2006. A case was registered under Sections 56 and 58 of the FSS Act against the owner and the manager of Hotel Partap Palace here on …
Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare present this Eightieth Report of the Committee on the Food Safety and Standards (Amendment) Bill, 2014. The Food Safety and Standards (Amendment) Bill, 2014 (hereinafter referred to as the Bill) was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on the 19th February, 2014 …
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has seized adulterated sweets and its ingredients worth Rs 17.40 lakh and drawn over 373 samples for tests in the last 14 days. Be it excess use of edible colours or cleverly substituting pistachio with coloured groundnut flakes, adulteration in sweets is rampant in …
In what could have major implications for packaged foods and beverage companies, the Supreme Court has stayed the Bombay High Court judgment that quashed a product advisory issued by the Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to enforce norms on imported food items. A bench headed by Justice …
UDHAGAMANDALAM: The Tea Board of India (South) has said that Indian teas are safe as stringent standards are followed during production and tea plantations operate under several statutes and laws passed by the government, notably the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (FSSA). The statement is in response to international …
Salt produced in various parts of Tuticorin is exposed to air pollution. The quality of salt is thus degraded, said A.R.A.S. Dhanabalan, secretary, Tuticorin Small Scale Salt Manufacturers Association, here on Tuesday. Salt pans at Ayyanarkulam, Tharuvaikulam, Keezha Arasadi and Pattinamaruthur were increasingly polluted by fly ash from power plant. …
