Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Dubious testing facilities, half-baked safety standards and nonchalant attitudes to hygiene may mean that virtually every food item is prone to contamination. Wade through the busy road leading to Azadpur Mandi in the Capital, Asia's largest wholesale market for fruits and vegetables, and you will see different varieties being sold …
Firm temporarily halts supply to change pack labels and remove the `no added MSG' declaration After its Maggi noodles, Nestle's Maggi Pazzta too has gone off shop shelves as the Indian arm of the Swiss foods giant has temporarily halted supplying its instant pasta brand to retailers to change its …
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Thursday justified its decision of imposing a country-wide ban on Maggi noodles. The Bombay High Court on Thursday asked if India’s food regulator had found non-permissible levels of lead in three variants of Maggi noodles, then why it banned all …
Says apex food regulator cannot issue emergency ban order on products under the law; argument to continue today The jurisdiction of the country's apex food regulator, Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), ws questioned at the high court here on Monday, in the petition from Nestle India on …
Food Safety regulator FSSAI has finalised 12,000 standards for food additives and ingredients in line with global safety standards Codex, in order to do away with lengthy process of product approval. The move is expected to benefit food companies as they would not require to seek product approval from the …
The CEO of the FSSAI has moved for an alteration of the recent Bombay high court relief for Nestle India that allowed the company to export its Maggi 2-minute noodles despite the ban in India. In a plea on Thursday , the CEO of the Food Safety and Standards Authority …
185 Nations To Adopt Stern Norms Countries al over the world have come to gether to revise internation al standards for food safety and quality , even as concerns have grown in India in the past two months after the food regulator cracked down on major brands including Maggi, Top …
The food safety regulator will review the intake of caffeine and other ingredients in these drinks after conducting a detailed study The Food and Safety Standards Association of India (FSSAI) has decided to review caffeine standards in caffeinated and energy drinks and is looking for an agency to study the …
In a major relief for Nestle, the UK’s food safety regulator on Wednesday gave a clean chit to Maggi, confirming that the levels of lead in the product is well within the EU permissible levels and the product is safe for consumption. “The Food Safety Agency can confirm that results …
Court to take up the matter for hearing on July 14 In some relief to the Indian subsidiary of Nestlé, the world’s largest food maker, the high court here has allowed it to export Maggi noodles, even as a ban on selling the item within the country continues. A Bench …
BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Food and Drugs Administration (MPFDA) has once again failed to meet Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) deadline for submission of report. The latest failure comes after food safety regulator asked state FDA to test items like chocolates, noodles, pastas, macaroni and similar products in …
MUMBAI: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Saturday justified its June 5 ban on Nestle India's 2-minute Maggi noodles in a strongly-worded, 60-page affidavit that questioned the company's safety claims. The FSSAI filed its reply in the Bombay high court to Nestle India's challenge to the ban. …
Order of the Bombay High Court dated 30/06/2015 in the matter of Nestle India Ltd. V. FSSAI & Ors allowing Maggi noodles to be exported. Original Source
The Maggi imbroglio escalated to an unprecedented level on Friday , with India's food regulator ordering a total recall of all nine variants of the best-selling instant noodles brand. This is the first ever recall of a popular food product in India. TOI was the only newspaper to report, in …
This festive season could see no new food and beverage products hitting the market. Pending product approvals to the tune of about 700 in the last year and a half by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), companies are left with no new products in the pipeline. …
A RANGE of responses emerged across social media in the last week of May when Maggi, the popular brand of instant noodles, was confirmed to contain impermissible limits of the poisonous metal lead and monosodium glutamate (MSG). A large number of people, born in the 1980s, felt betrayed by their …
The Indian food regulator has extended the ban on milk and other dairy products imported from China for another year. Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), which has been in the news for countrywide recall of Nestle's Maggi and stopping its production, has now said there is no …
The nationwide alert on adulteration of food by India’s apex food regulator has been welcomed cautiously by companies operating in the space. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has asked all states to keep a close watch on milk, packaged water and edible oil in view of …
PepsiCo has stepped up work on reducing salt and sugar in the beverages and snacks it sells in India amid growing public concern over high levels of some ingredients in packaged foods available in stores. The US-headquartered food and beverage giant is likely to roll out the refined products ahead …
After the hue and cry over the presence of high lead content and monosodium glutamate (MSG) in Maggi, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has now directed the State government to test the various brands of energy drinks. State FSSAI Deputy Director H.S. Shivakumar told The Hindu …
