On the backdrop of recent food import clearance issue, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued import-related guidelines to its authorised officers. The guidelines try to clear ambiguity over labelling and other
The US Food and Drug Administration (US-FDA) announced that Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, MD will travel to India next week to further strengthen cooperation between the FDA and its Indian regulatory counterparts. She will visit
The Bombay High Court has extended the deadline for product approval and obtaining licenses by eight weeks. The new deadline is therefore 28th March 2014."In our view, taking into consideration the peculiar facts and the
Nestle had announced that it has sold its premium sports nutrition business under the PowerBar and Musashi brands to Post Holdings, a US based consumer packed goods holding company. Nestlé’s premium sports nutrition business operates
Frutarom Switzerland Ltd., BU Health, together with Aquanova AG, Germany, has announced results of a recently published human study examining the bioavailability of curcumin through three different systems for oral administration. The results indicate superior
Cargill announced that it will idle soybean processing activities at its facility in Raleigh later this spring. Cargill will continue to operate the Raleigh elevator as a viable market for soybeans, purchasing soybeans from area
Nestle UK & Ireland has created a “reminiscence pack” featuring wrappers and packaging from its confectionery archive to help trigger happy recollections among those with dementia or memory problems. The project was sparked by requests
New research from the Monell Center reveals humans can use the sense of smell to detect dietary fat in food. As food smell almost always is detected before taste, the findings identify one of the
Researchers at Canada-based St. Michael’s Hospital have found there is no benefit in replacing fructose, the sugar most commonly blamed for obesity, with glucose in commercially prepared foods. Over-consumption, rather than a type of sugar,
Alfa Laval, world-leading hygienic pump manufacturer, has received the Frost & Sullivan 2013 “Company of the Year Award” in the European pumps market for the food and beverage industry.Alfa Laval earned the 2013 Company of