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4 Major FSSAI News are Here that will benefit both FBOs and Consumers!
January 2018 has been revolutionary, in terms of FSSAI news that have made the headlines. With new and much-needed or…
On National Youth Day, 2 Young Chefs share Take on Food & Dreams!
As a bearer of the torch, Swami Vivekananda was among the first of the youth, who highlighted the importance of young…
Equinox Consulting Inaugurates Training Facility for FoSTaC Programme
India’s current GDP has a major stakeholder in the form of Food Industry. Food Processing Industry alone contributes …
September 30 Last date to declare Fat content on Product Label – FSSAI
In the recent turn of events, FSSAI has further extended the last date for all the FBOs to declare the Fat’s co…
FSSAI streamlining licensing & registration systems for FBO’s
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is working on streamlining the licensing and registration sy…
FSSAI releases DART, book on tests for food adulteration in household
Detect Adulteration with Rapid Test (DART), a manual containing quick tests for the detection of food adulterants at …
15 Cooking Mistakes That will Make you Sick
When you’re in the kitchen, safety is obviously pretty important. That’s why you don’t plunk down raw meat right onto…
FSSAI has come up with a new Food Recall Procedure
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a new draft, under the title ‘Food Safety and S…
Food Stalls on CR’s Thane Platforms Likely to Get a Makeover
THANE: Soon, you may not have to worry about the quality of food when you stop at the stalls on CR’s suburban r…
Digitalisation of Spices board
The Spices Board is betting big on its web portal e-spice bazaar, which is being implemented in Andhra Pradesh on a p…
CSE recommends ban on Celebs endorsing food high in Salt, Sugar, Fat
New Delhi: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has recommended a complete ban on celebrities endorsing foods…
FSSAI sets standards for Camel milk with immediate effect
FSSAI has brought in new standards for Camel milk, which are operationalized with immediate effect. The amendment cam…
Food safety license a must: Order to college canteens
After rotten food and unhygienic practices have been raising hackles at several varsities in the city, students can n…
ACT for longer shelf life, Makes poultry safe from Contamination
Air Chill Technology (ACT) in poultry meat processing ensures a longer shelf life and makes it safe from contaminatio…
Let your senses be your guide on food quality
Most expiration dates on food products are guidelines, based on normal and expected handling of the food and its expo…
Fast food not defined under FSS Act, 2006 Rules and Regulations
As per information provided by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) under the Ministry of Health and …
Poor food at IT parks: Government springs into action
KOCHI: With reports pouring in about the inferior quality of food being served at cafeterias inside Kakkanad Infopark…
FSSAI to allow up to 5% vegetable fats in chocolates
Food safety regulator FSSAI has decided to allow up to 5 per cent vegetable fats and artificial sweetener Isomaltulos…
McDonald’s plans to remove Artificial ingredients from food
The company announced Monday that it is removing artificial preservatives from the iconic Chicken McNuggets as well a…
Equinox Labs wins the prestigious Food Safety Leadership Award 2016!
Equinox Labs, specialising in FSSAI, Food, Air and Water Testing, won the Food Safety Leadership Award at the Asia He…
This camera could take a picture of E.coli toxins
A simple camera system has been developed to enable manufacturers to detect the Shiga toxin, a product of E. coli. Us…
India aims to boost Organic Exports
Organic farming is on the increase in India, and as a result the country is in the process of drawing up its own orga…
Baby food to be sold at railway food stalls
KOLKATA: Baby food will be available at food stalls at several stations under South Eastern Railway (SER) from Wednes…
FSSAI’s risk assessment cell for easy food recall to become a centre
(Source – Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) FSSAI has established a National Risk Assessment Cell a…
Shocking! Narco Chocolates Sold Openly in Chennai
Chennai police and Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Control authorities here have launched an investigation into sale …
IRCTC signs MoU to provide Hygienic Food to Rail passengers
New Delhi: Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (Mo…
Guess what’s new about Solar fruit drying technology!
A Chilean-Swiss invention shows promise for the dried fruit industry, with possible patent expansions in the pipeline…
Food corporation of India receives 25000 Cr for smooth operations
FCI (Food Corporation of India) has received another lot of subsidy of Rs 25,000 crore from the finance ministry for …
FSSAI Proposes to Relax Norms for Carbonated Drinks
Food safety regulator FSSAI has proposed to relax norms for carbonated drinks with fruit juices allowing lesser conte…
Customs Officers to Ensure Safety of Imported Food
Instead of appointing full-time technically qualified and trained food safety officials, the Food Safety and Standard…
Short on Staff,FSSAI turn Custom Personnel into ‘Authorized Officials’
Counteracting its own set of rules and due to falling short on man power, FSSAI has turned its Custom Officials into …
Potassium bromate in food items banned
The government on Monday banned use of potassium bromate as a food additive following a study that found its presence…
Bizarre About – Turn by Government on Plastic Ban!
The Union government has scripted a U-turn in a year. Until March 2015, several regulatory authorities held the commo…
BMC finds E.Coli in Ice Cubes in 92% of Samples Tested
In this scorching heat, the juice stalls seemed like oasis in the middle of deserts. And we really can’t say no…
Plastic Ban in Karnataka – What it means to Food Businesses
A plastic ban in Karnataka , issued by State Government has come into effect from 11th March 2016. This move has sure…
Bread is Safe, No need to Panic: AIIMS Director
There is no need to panic much in the long-term about presence of potassium bromate and potassium iodate in the pre-p…
6 Points to know about Potassium Bromate in Bread
Hyderabad: Cancer-causing bread? The latest study by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has created a flutt…
CSE Finds Cancer Causing Potassium Bromate In Bread Samples in Delhi
You may now have to be very,very careful while buying your seemingly harmless bread. According to a new report by the…
Food Truck Square to bring Exotic Gourmet at One Central Location
In a first of its kind initiative, Mumbai is all set to host the Food Truck Festival 2016, titled ‘Food Truck Square’…
5 Aspects You Should Know About Food Temperature
We know for a fact that we’re surrounded by Bacteria – they are present in the soil, air, water and the f…
What You May Not Know about Food Sanitation and Hygiene
Food hygiene constitutes a basic necessity of Good Manufacturing/Agricultural Practices and the development of Hazard…
3 Food Safety Hazards that we need to know about
A food safety hazard is any agent could cause adverse health consequences for consumers. When food is exposed to haza…
7 Steps to an Effective Pest Management Program
In food processing environments, quality pest control is a must. A pest infestation can put your product and your bus…
Changes in milk standards introduced after 60 years
India is finally set to get new national milk safety standards, which were introduced 60 years before and had remaine…
5 Ways To Prepare For a Food Audit
An audit is very critical for any organisation and preparing for the same is a huge task in itself. Audits provide th…
Govt planning Sugar tax to fight Obesity and Diabetes
In an effort to curb the growing incidence of diabetes in India, the government is planning stringent measures includ…
Tanker water supply in Kochi comes under the scanner
With the consumption of water supplied through tanker lorries touching new heights, the district Food Safety official…
Govt bans Sale, Production of unsafe Khyber milk and Dairy products
In the wake of orders of a court in central Kashmir’s Budgam district, the J&K government Wednesday ordered recal…
FDA sued over Approval of Genetically approved Salmon
Despite consumers saying they don’t want it and several large grocery store chains saying they won’t carr…
Detergent in milk, J&K court fines Rs 9 lakh
A J&K court on Monday fined Valley’s top milk manufacturing brand with Rs 9 lakh after the milk produced was foun…
Nestle offers to set up Food Safety Institutes for FSSAI
Source- FSSAI-Main Page NEW DELHI: After a bitter fallout with the Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FS…
Starbucks to Donate all of its Unused Food to Needy
There can be nothing as unpropitious, unacceptable and unfortunate than food wastage, when millions sleep each night …
FSSAI to Ban use of Bull/Ox Guts for Manufacturing Silver Leaf
The Food and Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is, according to The Pioneer, finalizing a move to end t…
75% Vendors Display Food without Covering: Analysis
CSIR-CFTRI and the Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR) have reported that 75% of the street vendo…
What does Make In India Hold For Food Sectors?
Blowing the trumpet on revolutionizing food sectors and bringing capital to the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Officials want Milk adulteration to be made a Non-Bailable offence
Bengaluru: Almost 22% of the milk sold in Karnataka is adulterated. This is not a recent revelation but one that was …
CFTRI shares its Expertise with over 100 Street Vendors at a Workshop
The Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) on Thursday threw open its doors to street vendors of Mysur…
For Just Rs 30 Get your Food Tested!
Chandigarh: In as little as Rs 30, city residents will now be able to get their food items tested on the spot on thei…
Ice candy units under food safety scanner
Kochi: The district food safety officials conducted a surprise inspection at an ice candy making unit in Kadungalloor…
Equinox Labs to conduct Seminar-Impact of FSSAI on Corporates & FBO’s
Equinox Labs, a leading FSSAI consulting company, will be conducting a seminar on Impact of FSSAI on Corporates and F…
Illegal plants boost water business in Telangana
Hyderabad: The rising demand for purified water has led to the mushrooming of nearly 6,000 unauthorised manufacturing…
Colourful and tasty food might just be Harmful
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chili has a special place in our food habits, saving some our favourite dishes from blandness. Bu…
Patanjali Murabba comes under FSDA scanner
Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved has been making headlines since the time of its inception especially its noodle…
India puts Japanese Food Imports off Radioactive Scanner
Five years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan, India has taken Japanese food imports off the list …
Packaged water and Milk samples fail test in 2014-15: Government
DELHI: The packaged water and milk, that you buy assuming it is safe and of good quality, may not necessarily be so. …
Don’t get tempted by the bright yellow sheen on Mangoes
This season, beware of buying the shiny yellow mangoes that appear fresh out of farm. Instead, they may be straight o…
Consider banning of fatty food: Delhi Government to schools
NEW DELHI: Delhi Government has directed schools in the national capital to consider banning sale of food items which…
FSSAI to hire ad agencies for an image makeover
Following the controversy over the ban on Maggi noodles, which was later lifted, and the implementation of a product …
Food Hygiene training for Street Vendors
Around 20,000 food vendors across Delhi will be trained in hygiene and food safety. Food Safety and Standard Authorit…
New anti-bacterial packaging doubles the shelf life of perishable food
Covering leftovers with plastic wrap (aka cling wrap) is a good way of keeping your food fresh for long, but these fi…
More Inspections in Store for Food Exporters to the US
More inspections are in store for food exporters to America, as new final rules under the food safety law there look …
80% roadside eateries in Jharkand without Food Safety Registration
Beware! Over 80% small food vans, roadside restaurants, stalls, take-away counters and sweet shops in urban Jharkhand…
Plastic in Snickers bar prompts Mars recall in 55 countries
Mars Inc has recalled chocolate bars and other products in 55 countries, mainly in Europe, due to choking risk after …
Zero usage of carbide for fruit ripening in Vishakapatnam
VISAKHAPATNAM: Following orders from the High Court to keep a vigil over the practice of artificial ripening of fruit…
Why dietary fibre is important in our diet?
Fibre is a type of carbohydrate that the body can’t digest. Though most carbohydrates are broken down into sugar mole…
FSSAI to spread awareness on Food Safety with Government Agencies
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is a government body of Ministry of Health and Family Welfar…
Kashmir Inc aghast over misuse of Food Safety Law
To begin with, what is Food Safety and Standards Act? It is an Act meant for a smooth functioning of food businesses,…
Genetically Modified Organisms- The Future with Transgenic Crops?
The advent of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) took the world by storm decades ago. The idea of ‘modifying …
Tea powder seized for using coloring agents
PALAKKAD: Food Safety Department’s seizure of three quintals of adulterated tea dust from Nattukal in Kozhinjampara t…
India needs FDI to boost food processing sector- says Minister
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand food retail is in the interest of both consumers and farmers as it wil…
FSSAI extends last date for registration under Food Safety Act
Food safety watchdog FSSAI has extended the last date for registration under the Food Safety and Standards Act by thr…
Food traders welcome extension of deadline for obtaining license
Traders involved in food and allied business are happy after the Union government extended the date for obtaining lic…
Some noodle brands are sub-standard:UP Food Safety Department
Months after Maggi storm, the Uttar Pradesh food safety department has found samples of some other instant noodle bra…
Nestle to sell chicken variant of Maggi on Snapdeal
Nestle India will bring back the chicken variant of its popular Maggi noodles online through Snapdeal from February 1…
Professionals to be engaged to develop International Food Standards
In a bid to have international standards, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), under the Union M…
Food safety officials raid fruit market
Officials of Institute of Preventive Medicine (IPM), Hyderabad, along with Food Controllers and Food Safety Officers …
Deteriorating Water Quality to Affect Millions in Future,STARTING NOW.
It’s been decades since the issue of changing (read, deteriorating) water quality has been raised all over the world.…
Registration Must for All Fruit Traders
HYDERABAD: Following directions from the High Court to check the usage of calcium carbide for ripening of fruits, And…
Only 1 out of 15 food businesses registered with FSSAI
New Delhi: Only one out of every 15 food businesses in the country is registered with the food safety watchdog FSSAI …