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. …
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 91 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006), the Central Government hereby makes the rules. These rules may be called the Food Safety and Standards Rules, 2009. They shall come into force on the date of their publication …
The Draft Food Safety and Standards Regulations, 2009 have been prepared in consultation with various stake holders and after through deliberations in a series of meetings in the Food Safety Standards Authority of India. These Rules include qualification of the enforcement agencies, manner of sampling, determination of cases for referring …
Manufacturers say move will force them to fully depend on imports. Harish Damodaran Vanaspati makers are apprehensive over a proposed regulation seeking to limit the Trans Fatty Acids (TFA) content in their product to 10 per cent by early next year and to 5 per cent over the subsequent three …
Seema Sindhu / New Delhi November 12, 2009, 0:09 IST The government has decided to limit the amount of trans fats in packaged foods. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
To Enforce Strict Code On Ads Of Food, Beverage Products From Next Year Ratna Bhushan NEW DELHI COMPLAN claiming to help children grow taller, Akshay Kumar doing impossible daredevilry to steal a bottle of Thums Up, Maggi 2-minute noodles extolling
The Food Safety and Standards Authority's track-record suggests it is industry-friendly, not pro-consumer We are discussing a governance-reform initiative
The Food Safety & Standards Act, 2006 seeks to regulate the law relating to advertising and unfair trade practices in the food sector. Section 3(1)(b) The Act defines
Chennai, Sept. 30 A unified law covering the entire gamut of food processing industries is set to take effect this year-end, Mr Ashok Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, has said. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) will implement the provisions of the Food Safety and …
These regulations may be called the Good Safety and Standard Authority of India (Milk and Milk Products) Amendment Regulations, 2009. They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.
Commonwealth Games are going to be organised in Delhi in 2010 which is likely to bring in a large number of participants and visitors to the city of Delhi. This provides a unique opportunity for reviewing and upgrading the safety of the food served in the eating establishments in Delhi …
The govt's move to once again defer the enforcement of detailed nutritional information on packaged food labels is incomprehensible Business Standard / New Delhi April 5, 2009, 0:46 IST The government
Scaria Meledam KOCHI: The food recall procedures, introduced for the first time in India by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India to remove unsafe food from the market and thus prevent injury to consumers, can be initiated voluntarily by the manufacturers/distributors concerned or by the Food Authority or …
Ahmedabad: If your kid throws a tantrum for fancy wrapped, tempting Chinese chocolates and candy bars available at your friendly neighbourhood provision store, put your foot down. No, this is not a lesson in parenting. These sweets have been found to contain higher than acceptable levels of toxic melamine. A …
Scaria Meledam KOCHI: If you find that any dangerous or defective food product is being sold in the market, you will soon be able to ensure that it is removed from the market and not sold any more. This can be done even if the food product is unlikely to …
The objective of the scheme is that the outcome / findings of R&D; will ensure food safety and promotion of safety standards in the food sector. The work is focused for helping the Authority in better understanding the related food safety issues and to meet its policy aims and objectives.
The Delhi government has banned Maggi noodles for 15 days, saying the lead content found in the samples is beyond permissible limits. It has also asked Nestle India, the company which manufactures Maggi, to withdraw all stocks of the popular snacks from the market.
As Delhi bans Maggi noodles for 15 days while Goa declares it safe for consumption, on The Buck Stops Here, we debate: is India caught in a noodle trap? Is Maggi just the tip of the iceberg? With high lead content how did Maggi get 'product approved'? And is the …
Big Debate: Who is responsible for poisoning Maggi? The debate is being moderated by Neha Panth with following panelists:Sambit Patra (BJP)Priyanka Chaturvedi (Congress)Sudheer OjhaDeepak SharmaShriraam Khanna (Consumer worker)
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