Food companies have expressed their inability in implementing the food recall norms laid out by the country’s apex food regulator in the event a product is found defective. The norms, issued last month, put the
Hotel industry has hailed Supreme Court’s judgement of allowing hotels and restaurants to sell packaged drinking water and other packaged products above their MRP. By rolling out this decision, the apex court has agreed that
As per the recent media reports, soon fruit juices, cereals, cereal-based foods and bakery products will have fortification standards. Safe foods will have a logo of a declaration set by national food regulator, Food Safety
To beef-up its scanner, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has empanelled 15 national and international agencies to carry out audits. These audits will be done on a quiet frequent basis in canteens,
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is planning to create at least one state-of-the-art food laboratory in each metropolitan city in the country. FSSAI already owns a lab in Ghaziabad. Kolkata,
Singapore based Food Empire Group has acquired an 80 per cent stake in Positive Food Ventures’ iced tea brand Brewhouse. This 4 crore acquisition will enable the Food Empire Group to enter the Indian
National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), the city-based premier nutrition research institute working under the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has appointed R. Hemalatha as the new director. Ms. Hemalatha, senior grade deputy director,
Bisleri International Private Limited is now banking on a revamped portfolio of fizzy fruit drinks and its premium mineral water brand Vedica for growth in the next 2-3 years Anjana Ghosh, director of business
Team of researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine maintain that combining the antibody drug omalizumab with a procedure to desensitize children to multiple food allergies is safe and effective. The research published
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh inaugurated ITC’s new integrated food manufacturing and logistics facility at Kapurthala, giving a fillip to the state?s food processing sector and strengthening its beleaguered economy. The facility will also