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Ministry of AYUSH celebrates world’s first ‘National Ayurveda Day’

Ministry of AYUSH celebrates world’s first ‘National Ayurveda Day’

Ministry of AYUSH has taken the covers off from the world’s first ‘National Ayurveda Day’, which will now be celebrated every year. “The Government of India has decided to celebrate this auspicious day on ‘Dhanvantri

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DBT unleashes its two initiatives to bridge farmers with biotechnology

DBT unleashes its two initiatives to bridge farmers with biotechnology

In the recently concluded event at the CSIR Science Centre, New Delhi, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, exchanged details of  Department of Biotechnology’s (DBT) two programmes, which are intended

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FSSAI HR and capacity needs to grow

FSSAI HR and capacity needs to grow

India has taken a new and different step in bringing change in food safety culture. There was demand from the industry and many others for a single unified law for food safety. Even though the

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Need to add resource requirements

Need to add resource requirements

FSSAI has just completed 10 years and there are lots of expectations from regulators to successfully manage this huge country which has over 1.4 billion consumers. When PFA and other regulations got replaced by FSSAI

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FSSAI to use Fortification tool to carve nutritious India

FSSAI to use Fortification tool to carve nutritious India

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has now decided to take the nutrition’s batten to the finish line. With this view, the food regulatory body of India has oganised a two day summit

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Regulators in the making

Regulators in the making

Many of the recent initiatives of Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) can be seen in positive light and directed towards growth of the regulatory body. The regulatory body has now gained momentum and

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Bringing change in food safety culture

Bringing change in food safety culture

The enactment of Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 (FSSA 2006) completed 10 years last month. The Parliament passed the Act, which received President’s assent on August 23, 2006. With this Act India took a

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FSSAI releases draft on alcoholic beverages; issues separate regulations for each type

FSSAI releases draft on alcoholic beverages; issues separate regulations for each type

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) released the draft stating new standards for alcoholic beverages, defining each type of beverage and cites separate regulations for them. Along with the draft FSSAI also released

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Fast food not defined under Food Safety & Stds Act, 2006 & Regulations

Fast food not defined under Food Safety & Stds Act, 2006 & Regulations

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) under the Ministry of health and family welfare, has said that the term fast food is not defined under the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act, 2006

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India moving towards harmonization

India moving towards harmonization

If one has to talk on harmonisation of Indian standards with that of codex, one has to understand the need for the same. India is a signatory of WTO as well as Sanitary as well