In order to maintain uniformity in health claims, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued directions regarding the claims to be mentioned on the products under the Food Safety and Standards
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Maharashtra along with Coca-Cola India has recently launched a pilot project in Pune to train street food vendors on food safety and good hygiene practices (GHPs). Under this initiative,
Food Safety Standard & Authority of India (FSSAI) is regulating all varieties of alcoholic products by permitting only prescribed percent of alcohol in your drink. All categories of hard drink such as beer, wine, brandy, country
Government has directed cooperatives to increase their share of milk procurement from farmers and has asked states to boost consumption by distributing it under various schemes like Midday Meal. The milk cooperatives have also
A joint report by ASSOCHAM and the global professional services firm EY (Ernst & Young) has suggested the Government of India a two-pronged strategy based on public-private partnership (PPP) mode to promote nutritious, diversified and resilient food production. In order to cater to the large
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) will soon start on with the Rs 8,000-crore fund that the finance minister announced in this year’s budget to support the dairy sector. It targets to
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is in the process of establishing a high-tech laboratory network that will be referred to in case of conflicting results during primary testing of food samples.
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Chhattisgarh government and three food processing firms, Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved Ltd, Manorama Industries Pvt. Ltd and Aakriti Snacks Pvt. Ltd, to set up processing
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is planning to create at least one state-of-the-art food laboratory in each metropolitan city in the country. FSSAI already owns a lab in Ghaziabad. Kolkata,
The Sikkim government has approved a proposal to ban supply of non-organic agriculture, horticulture and livestock produces in the state in a phased manner with effect from March 31, 2018. A cabinet meeting was