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FSSAI conducts workshop to spread awareness about fortified food in Chandigarh

FSSAI conducts workshop to spread awareness about fortified food in Chandigarh

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

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Cabinet apprised of MoU signed for animal husbandry, dairy

Cabinet apprised of MoU signed for animal husbandry, dairy

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,

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WCD Ministry launches toll-free helpline to address nutrition queries

WCD Ministry launches toll-free helpline to address nutrition queries

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

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Wine, Liquor Bottles to carry label warnings from April 2019

Wine, Liquor Bottles to carry label warnings from April 2019

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

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Karimnagar to initiate mega dairy plant

Karimnagar to initiate mega dairy plant

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

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India to promote millets across the country

India to promote millets across the country

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

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FSSAI introduces standards for honey & its products

FSSAI introduces standards for honey & its products

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

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FSSAI to notify trans-fats limit in edible oils

FSSAI to notify trans-fats limit in edible oils

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

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Govt to conduct month long nutrition campaign

Govt to conduct month long nutrition campaign

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

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FSSAI approves ethephon for artificial ripening of fruits

FSSAI approves ethephon for artificial ripening of fruits

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