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. …
LUCKNOW: In what could come as a major relief to banana traders in the state, the Centre has finally cleared the air on which chemicals qualify as `safe' for artificially ripening bananas. With this, nearly 1,800 tonnes of bananas could find safe passage into the state every day. In Lucknow …
Viveat Susan Pinto / Mumbai August 16, 2010, 0:39 ISTPaves way for their use in carbonated drinksThe Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has notified the use of additives Acesulfame potassium (also called Acesulfame K) and sucralose or Splenda as a di-blend in carbonated water. This paves the …
Is the sparkling liquid harmless as claimed, asks FREDDY DIAS The twang of an aerated bottle being opened brings forth a foaming and bubbling drink. You sip on it; and it feels exhilarating. The sparkling liquid, it is claimed, is free from alcohol and other habit-forming drugs. But is it …
New Delhi: Waking up to the dangers associated with the prevailing practice of artificial ripening of fruits, the ministry of health & family welfare has shot off letters to state authorities to raise their vigil against the use of carbide gas for ripening fruit. The use of carbide gas for …
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has asked the States and Union Territories to ensure prevention of use of carbide gas for premature ripening of fruits. Citing Rule 44-AA that prohibits the use of carbide gas, a circular issued by the Authority to …
A NEW technology that helps consumers and retailers identify food and medicine contamination early in the supply chain could soon grace your neighbourhood retailer. The Indian arm of the Brussels-based firm GS1
Sharadha Narayanan | ENS Red Bull has 329 parts per million caffeine, while the permitted level in the country is 145 ppm ENERGY drink Red Bull has double the permitted caffeine levels, said an analysis conducted by the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore. Red Bull was found to …
The draft of food safety and standards regulations 2010 released by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). See also: Report: Food safety and standards act www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/258050 Report: Food safety and standards regulations, 2009 www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/294615 Report: Food safety & standards rules www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/294616 Report: Food safety and standards bill www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/258057 …
This draft on Regulation of Trans Fatty Acids ,TFAs, in Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils, PHVOs by FSSAI has proposed that Level of TFA in Vanaspati / PHVO, be fixed at 10% maximum and brought down to 5% in 3 years. Industrially produced trans fats are formed during partial hydrogenation, a …
Energy drinks are non-alcoholic beverages containing caffeine, guarana, glucuronolactone, taurine, ginseng, inositol, carnitine, B-vitamins etc. as main ingredients that act as stimulants. In recent years, a number of different energy drinks have been introduced in the Indian market to provide an energy boost or as dietary supplements. These drinks contain …
INDIA will allow import of milk and dairy products from China only after its Food Safety and Standards Authority certifies that the products are safe for consumption.
Seema Sindhu / New Delhi March 12, 2010, 1:13 IST To ensure quality food and safety standards in the food sector besides introducing a better surveillance mechanism, the government plans to tie up with agricultural universities, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and other institutions that have food-testing laboratories. The …
THE government is about to check the rampant import of food items flooding the market with a comprehensive set of rules that will trigger a recall of foods in case of contamination and issue alerts and warnings on dubious ingredients. Representatives of the Central Board of Excise and Customs, agriculture …
The Tamil Nadu Foodgrains Merchants Association has taken strong exception to the implementation Food Safety and Standards Act 2006. In a memorandum submitted to the Union Government of India, the association president, Mr S.P. Jeyaprakasam, said the Act has been a death blow to Indian food industry and many of …
Seema Sindhu / New Delhi February 02, 2010, 0:35 IST Developed nations have protocol on such drinks, but no cap as yet. The government plans to put a cap on the caffeine level in energy and sports drinks
These regulations may be called the Food safety and standards (milk and milk products) amendment regulation, 2009. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
