In an attempt to address widespread micronutrient deficiencies such as anaemia, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), took a step ahead by boosting efforts towards large-scale fortification of food in Haryana, Punjab
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been apprised of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and United Kingdom (UK) and Northern Ireland for cooperation in the fields of Animal Husbandry,
A toll-free helpline has been launched to address queries associated with nutrition and malnutrition, a major area of concern in the country, a Women and Child Development official said in New Delhi. The number 14408
India’s apex food safety regulator, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.(FSSAI) has given a directive that from April 2019, all wine, liquor bottles in every State will be required to affix a label saying
The Karimnagar Milk Producers Company (KMPC), Telangana, is setting up a mega dairy plant with a capacity of processing three lakh litres milk a day at Nallagonda under Thimmapur mandal. The project has been
India will be soon launching a campaign to promote the nutri-cereals millets across the country. The move was announced by Dr. Ashok Dalwai, IAS, CEO, National Rainfed Area Authority at the Indian Institute of Millets
The regulator FSSAI has come out with food safety standards for honey and its products, in a bid to curb adulteration. The move comes in the wake of government promoting farmers to venture into the beekeeping business to
THE Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is in the process of notifying the limits of trans-fat in all edible vegetable oil and fats to be not more than 2 per cent by
September will be observed as Nutrition month with the aim of reaching every household with the message of nutrition — ‘har ghar poshan tyohar’ (every house a celebration of nutrition). The month-long intensive campaign
The Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has declared that food business operators (FBOs) can use ethephon as a source of ethylene gas for artificial ripening of fruits. In addition to this, the country’s