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. …
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 …
India’s food safety apparatus needs sweeping reforms to ensure that its norms are on par with international standards, including an accreditation system that not only screens labs but also its personnel on a regular basis, according to the head of a key panel of India’s national food safety authority. ”It …
India's food products market is nearly ₹25 lakh crore and in the next five years it is expected too shoot over ₹40 lakh crore. In this scenario the role of the food regulator, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is crucial. However, the FSSAI is in a pathetic …
After facing queries from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Tata Starbucks has suspended the use of ingredients not approved by the former in certain products served at its Indian outlets. In a statement, the joint venture company of Tata Global Beverages and Seattle-based Starbucks Coffee Co …
INDORE: Several popular packaged instant food items are failing the quality test, besides Maggi noodles by Nestle. Three samples of Ching's Secret, another leading packed food manufacturer, were found to be sub-standard by the Indore's Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Failing to meet standards, FDA initiated prosecution against the manufacturer …
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, …
Lack Of Coordination, Reliance On Unscientific Methods Render Them Ineffective For a country that consumes one of the largest amounts of pes ticides in the world, the level of regulation is woeful. While there is no dearth of govern ment agencies to regulate use of pesticides in the country , …
In an overdrive since Maggi noodles tested positive for high levels of lead, the FSSAI today said Restless energy drink available in markets is unsafe and will be recalled. Withdrawing the no objection certificate given to the drink on December 16, 2013, the food regulator said, “It was observed by …
On a recent domestic flight, Ramachandra TV, a senior IISc professor, was given a water bottle by the air hostess. The professor got curious seeing the manufacturing label that gave a Jigani address in Bengaluru. He brought the bottle to his lab and tested for quality. To his shock, he …
Maggi brand has been under the regulatory scanner due to allegations that the product contains higher than permissible levels of lead and traces of monosodium glutamate (MSG). The Maggi controversy is likely to be a stepping stone in the evolution of country’s packaged and processed food industry, which could result …
PANJIM: The controversy over Maggi noodles has brought all Nestle products under the scanner of the Goa Food and Drugs Administration. Taking note of the high content of lead and monosodium glutamate (MSG) in Nestle’s Maggi noodles, Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) has asked the state FDA …
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 …
INDORE: Other states that followed Madhya Pradesh in terms of adulteration were Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. Uttar Pradesh continued to top states where sample collection activities, conviction rate and penalty raised was reported high in last three years. However, conviction rate of total cases filed in respective courts of the …
Nestle withdraws product, FSSAI orders recall. Hours after Nestle decided to take Maggi noodles off the shelves in India citing “unfounded confusions”, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Friday ordered recall of all nine variants of the popular instant noodles from the market, terming the product …
Maggi noodles is “absolutely safe“ for consumption, Swiss food giant Nestle insisted on Friday . The company vowed to win back the trust of consumers and bring the product back on the shelves “as soon as possible“. A day after announcing its plan to withdraw all Maggi noodles from India, …
