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FSSAI and AOAC International ink MoU

FSSAI and AOAC International ink MoU

The inaugural session of the AOAC’s fifth annual conference with partner in food science and safety, organized in New Delhi recently.  In that session, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by FSSAI and AOAC International,

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Satara Mega Food Park gets a kickstart

Satara Mega Food Park gets a kickstart

Satara Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd, Maharashtra’s maiden mega food park, was recently inaugurated in Degaon, a village in Satara District, by Harsimrat Kaur Badal, minister of food processing industries, Government of India, in the

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FSSAI issues testing methods for five food product types

FSSAI issues testing methods for five food product types

The Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued approved methods for analysis of various food products. These are the standardised testing methods for five different food product types- methods of detection; analysis

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FSSAI- Hiring food safety officer mandatory for obtaining license

FSSAI- Hiring food safety officer mandatory for obtaining license

The Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has drafted regulations for restaurants and eateries, requiring them to employ a food safety officer in order to obtain a licence.   FSSAI has also made

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DBT to study Vitamin D deficiency among Indians

DBT to study Vitamin D deficiency among Indians

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has decided to conduct research on Vitamin D deficiency in India-public health significance and interventions.   DBT aims to study the skeletal and non- skeletal benefits, safety and potential adverse

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FSSAI to check hygiene levels of FBOs

FSSAI to check hygiene levels of FBOs

The Food Safety Department is on a drive to keep an eye over all the roadside eateries, push carts and mobile eateries. Ashwin Bhadri, CEO, Equinox Labs, said "This initative is put forward to check

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Tamil Nadu to establish 10 food parks

Tamil Nadu to establish 10 food parks

According to the deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam, the Tamil Nadu government will be setting up 10 food parks in the State, and efforts are on to start the first one in Tindivanam. The food

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PM to launch National Nutrition Mission next week

PM to launch National Nutrition Mission next week

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be launching the National Nutrition Mission (NNM) at Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan on March 8, 2018.   In December last year, the Cabinet approved the NNM with a budget of Rs 9,046.17 till 2020, and the government

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Gender sensitisation awareness initiates by Tata Tea’s expedition

Gender sensitisation awareness initiates by Tata Tea’s expedition

Tata Tea Jaago Re handed over to Prakash Javadekar, minister of human resource development (HRD), Government of India, a petition with nearly 1.8 million signatures collected from across India that hope to instill positive change

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Food processing sector signs 168 MoUs with Andhra Pradesh

Food processing sector signs 168 MoUs with Andhra Pradesh

The Andhra Pradesh government has signed 168 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with the food processing sector on the second day of the three-day CII Partnership Summit.   The food processing industry is proposing to invest