Holi feast vulnerable to adulteration
ALLAHABAD: With the festival of colours round the corner and markets of the Sangam city abuzz with hectic activity, it's also time for mouthwatering sweets, the demand, sale and purchase of which has...
View ArticleFSDA starts anti-adulteration drive
AGRA: With a view to check the sale of adulterated sweets and snacks during Holi, the district food safety and drug administration (FSDA) authorities have started conducting tests of milk samples and...
View ArticleHC asks govt to file affidavit on qualification of food inspectors
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan High Court on Thursday asked the government to file an affidavit before it stating that the food safety officers in the state are fulfilling the required qualifications to tackle...
View ArticleCentre's damning report on unsafe milk puts Rajasthan in shaky position
JAIPUR: With overwhelming majority milk samples supplied across the country failing to meet the food safety and standard norms, the Rajasthan milk production has come under sharp focus. Being the...
View ArticleStringent drive against oil traders violating norms
LUCKNOW: After increase in the number of adulteration cases reported in edible oils during Holi, city magistrate has instructed FDA officials to carry a stringent drive against all oil companies and...
View ArticleFSSAI deadline over, only 3 food samples’ report out
BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Food and Drugs Administration (MPFDA) has once again failed to meet Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) deadline for submission of report. The latest failure...
View ArticleNoodle crisis: labelling dispute lands Nestle in hot water
By Sharat Pradhan and Aditya Kalra BARABANKI, India/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The packets of Nestle's Maggi 2-Minute Noodles that triggered India's worst food scare in a decade almost got lost in the post....
View ArticleFood officer crunch in NE BARNALI HANDIQUE Guwahati, Aug. 19: The...
Guwahati, Aug. 19: The northeastern states are facing a dearth of food safety inspectors, adequate infrastructure and laboratory facilities required to monitor food quality in the region. This was...
View ArticleMilk samples with sugar, edible oil ring health alarm
PUNE: Milk samples collected from the Pune administrative division and tested were found adulterated with sugar and edible oil, and of substandard quality. A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report...
View ArticleF for food, F for fake
He grasps two test tubes in his hand, each with a yellow powder at its base, and asks us to look carefully, as he pipettes a few ml of hydrochloric acid in each tube. The first tube turns a murky...
View ArticleFDA collects 61 sweet samples, two adulterated
AURANGABAD: Out of 61 food samples procured to assess quality by officials of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Aurangabad, two have been found to be of substandard quality. FDA officials had...
View Article7 public health labs closed for lack of food analyst
JAIPUR: The state has implemented the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act 2006 to check food adulteration and ensure food safety, but due to unavailability of food analyst, over the years it has to...
View ArticleAdulteration of Milk and Milk Products (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare...
(Source: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Republic of India) Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 12-May-2015 13:54 IST Adulteration of Milk...
View ArticleFood dept kicks off anti-adulteration drive ahead of Diwali
DEHRADUN: With the festival of lights barely a week away, the food safety and standards department has started keeping tabs on the quality of edibles being sold in the state, to keep adulteration of...
View ArticleIndia noodle crisis: labelling dispute lands Nestle in hot water
BARABANKI: The packets of Nestle’s Maggi 2-Minute Noodles that triggered India’s worst food scare in a decade almost got lost in the post. Returned months later to the north Indian food inspector who...
View ArticleOne-fifth of food samples adulterated
With the favourite Indian noodle brand Maggi found containing high levels of lead and monosodium glutamate, there is a fear that a good portion of the food we buy from stores might be unfit for...
View ArticleExisting law enough to punish guilty: Officials
JAIPUR: The Supreme Court's (SC) decision on life imprisonment for people indulging in production and marketing of adulterated milk may have been welcomed by the public, but Rajasthan, the second...
View ArticleVeg oil body SEA asks members to comply with food safety norms
With food safety regulator FSSAI stepping up surveillance on packed food items including edible oils, vegetable oils industry body SEA has asked its members to comply with all norms under the FSSAI Act...
View ArticleAdulteration check at sweet shops
RANCHI: The celebration of no Indian festival can be complete without sweets. With days to go for Diwali, sweetmeat shops have already started preparing sweets, orders for which are placed well in...
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