While releasing the Union Budget 2017-2018, Arun Jaitley, Union Finance Minister, has made some positive announcements. Sagar Kurade, Chairman & Managing Director at Suman Project Consultants Pvt. Ltd. said, “The key theme of this budget
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (India) is taking a step forward to mark food items which high on salt, sugar and saturated fat as junk food. The food regulator has carved this plan
In a move to beef up its scientific armory, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has reconstituted its scientific committee and panels. Scientific committee will include Sushil Kumar, former director and vice-chancellor, National
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has proposed s to adopt 46 food additive standards previously issued by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution’s Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has recently released a benchmarks to fortify the nutritional quality of food items used in social programmes such as ICDS, PDS and midday meals such as
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has asked state enforcement authorities to ensure strict vigilance on circulation of foods wrapped in newspapers and manufacturing units of of silver warq that are not
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In its recent move, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the food regulator, has called in for the public opinion on the recently drafted standards for food fortification. Initially, the authority has opted
FSSAI has released draft regulations to amend the Food Safety and Standards Regulations (FSSR), 2011, unfolding the standards for milk and milk products. One of the major issues addressed was that of the fat and
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that ‘nation will always be grateful to scientists who have worked tirelessly to empower our society by their vision, labour, and leadership’. PM said this while speaking at
The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) through R&D support to IIT Kharagpur has developed a technology on rice fortification with Iron for addressing the problem of anaemia. The Iron fortified rice premix is produced through extrusion