Nationwide survey to check food adulteration begins in January
NEW DELHI: With growing instances of adulteration of food items in recent years, particularly items like milk and milk products, packaged drinking water, edible oil, ground spices, tea and coffee, the...
View ArticleFood Safety and Standards Authority of India collects suspected spurious food...
LUCKNOW: A bitter fact for people with sweet tooth. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has collected more than 35 suspected spurious food samples in past five days from...
View ArticleFSSAI asks states to test milk
BHUBANESWAR: After the Maggi row, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has asked all states to test samples of packaged milk, water and edible oil sold in the market. The food...
View ArticleFSSAI enhances packaged water, milk & edible oil surveillance
Amid rising concerns over safety of food items, central food regulator FSSAI has asked states to increase surveillance and act against entities selling contaminated packaged drinking water as well as...
View ArticleFood safety regulator issues countrywide alert on milk, water & edible oil packs
NEW DELHI: Sounding a countrywide alert on adulteration of food commodities, the central food safety regulator has asked all states to keep a strict watch on milk, packaged drinking water and edible...
View ArticleRaj yet to react to FSSAI alert on food & water adulteration
JAIPUR: Following complains of adulteration and labeling violations, the Food Safety and Standards Authority (FSSAI) of India has released a nationwide alert on milk, water and edible oil packs. Though...
View ArticleFSSAI wants to trim fat content of milk, ice cream
New Delhi: Food safety watchdog FSSAI is planning to set new quality standards for ice-cream and flavoured milk besides tightening the existing safety norms for milk and other dairy products. The...
View ArticleIce-cream, flavoured milk under FSSAI lens; new norms for milk
Food safety watchdog FSSAI is planning to set new quality standards for ice-cream and flavoured milk besides tightening the existing safety norms for milk and other dairy products. The proposal comes...
View ArticleHoli 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 ArticleHealth Ministry discloses steps taken to check adulterated food Items
New Delhi, 21 July (ANI): The Health Minister, J P Nadda stated disclosed in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha here today, that samples of Nestle's Maggi noodles have been found to be containing more...
View ArticleCheck on Adulterated Food Items (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the...
(Source: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Republic of India) Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 21-July-2015 13:00 IST Check on Adulterated...
View ArticleHalf-baked safety standards & nonchalant attitudes to hygiene: Is every food...
Wade through the busy road leading to Azadpur Mandi in the Capital, Asia's largest wholesale market for fruits and vegetables, and you will see different varieties being sold by the roadside. Also for...
View ArticleSC asks state govts to curb sale of adulterated milk
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday expressed concern over the sale of adulterated milk in the country, saying it is a serious issue and action needs to be taken by the state governments to curb it....
View ArticleSupreme Court asks state governments to curb sale of adulterated milk
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed concern over the sale of adulterated milk in the country, saying it is a serious issue and action needs to be taken by the state governments to curb...
View ArticleSupreme Court asks state govts to curb sale of adulterated milk
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed concern over the sale of adulterated milk in the country, saying it is a serious issue and action needs to be taken by the state governments to curb...
View ArticleFSSAI raids reveal food adulteration
: Officials of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) have ordered temporary closure of two hotels at Charummodu and a soda-making factory at Kayamkulam. More than 35 food...
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 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 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...
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