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Overview of Health Foods Regulation in China 

Overview of Health Foods Regulation in China 

In China, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) is responsible for health food registration and notification of first-time imported health food that belongs to the vitamin and mineral supplement category. Provincial departments for market

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FSSAI issues warning to nutraceutical companies in Himachal Pradesh

FSSAI issues warning to nutraceutical companies in Himachal Pradesh

Emphasising the absolute necessity for strict compliance with nutraceutical regulations The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has launched a surveillance drive to curb the menace of spurious drugs manufactured by nutraceutical companies

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Govt streamlines halal certification process for meat products

Govt streamlines halal certification process for meat products

Procedure for export of non-halal certified meat and meat products will remain unchanged The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), the agency of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India has recently issued a

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FSSAI reconstitutes Scientific Panels and Scientific Committee

FSSAI reconstitutes Scientific Panels and Scientific Committee

Reconstituted 21 Scientific Panels, each comprising of 9 members Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has reconstituted its Scientific Panels (SP) and empanelled about 200 scientific experts from different scientific organisations such as

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FSSAI puts stringent check on use of calcium carbide for fruit ripening

FSSAI puts stringent check on use of calcium carbide for fruit ripening

Standard Operating Procedure detailing all aspects of the artificial ripening of fruits byethylene gas has already been issued by FSSAI Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has prohibited the use of Calcium carbide,

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FSSAI notifies comprehensive regulatory standards for Basmati Rice

FSSAI notifies comprehensive regulatory standards for Basmati Rice

Will be enforced from 1st August, 2023 For the first time in the country, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has specified the identity standards for Basmati Rice (including Brown Basmati Rice, Milled

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CUTS International raises concerns on proposed Indian Nutrition Rating display on food labels

CUTS International raises concerns on proposed Indian Nutrition Rating display on food labels

Thousands of other relevant stakeholders are vehemently opposing the draft regulation in the present format CUTS International has written to Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and also personally handed over a written

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Indian Sellers Collective opposes FSSAI’s Front of Pack Nutrition Labelling regulation

Indian Sellers Collective opposes FSSAI’s Front of Pack Nutrition Labelling regulation

Under FOPNL, packaged items will be given star ratings like ‘one-star food’, ‘two-star food’, and therefore ‘good-food’, ‘not-good food’, etc. based on their salt, sugar, and fat content Indian Sellers Collective, an umbrella body of

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“Key stakeholders remain unaware or partially aware of the need for FoPL regulation in India”

“Key stakeholders remain unaware or partially aware of the need for FoPL regulation in India”

Throughout 2022, there has been a persistent demand for mandatory simplified front of the pack labelling (FoPL) regulation to be notified by the food regulation- Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) at the