The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has proposed s to adopt 46 food additive standards previously issued by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution’s Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has recently released a benchmarks to fortify the nutritional quality of food items used in social programmes such as ICDS, PDS and midday meals such as
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has asked state enforcement authorities to ensure strict vigilance on circulation of foods wrapped in newspapers and manufacturing units of of silver warq that are not
In its recent move, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the food regulator, has called in for the public opinion on the recently drafted standards for food fortification. Initially, the authority has opted
FSSAI has released draft regulations to amend the Food Safety and Standards Regulations (FSSR), 2011, unfolding the standards for milk and milk products. One of the major issues addressed was that of the fat and
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that ‘nation will always be grateful to scientists who have worked tirelessly to empower our society by their vision, labour, and leadership’. PM said this while speaking at
The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) through R&D support to IIT Kharagpur has developed a technology on rice fortification with Iron for addressing the problem of anaemia. The Iron fortified rice premix is produced through extrusion
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare for Signing of an Agreement between India and Kyrgyzstan on cooperation in the
Government has got a study done on “Assessment of Quantitative Harvest and Post-Harvest Losses of Major Crops and Commodities in India” by ICAR - Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET), Ludhiana. The study
A recent advisory issued by The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), talks about banning the use of newspapers for packing, serving and storing of food items as the newspaper ink can contaminate