Food safety regulator The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has advised food service establishments to adhere and display calorific value, allergen, and nutritional information in foods they serve as per mandated rules. After receiving representation regarding the misinterpretation of the display of information, it has written to commissioners of food safety across […]
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has confirmed that McDonald’s India utilises 100 per cent genuine cheese, Westlife Foodworld stated in a regulatory filing on Tuesday. “The verification confirms the brand’s assertion that it uses 100% Real Cheese and that it does not use any cheese analogues or substitutes in any of […]
The Maharashtra FDA has pushed down on fast food giant McDonald’s, accusing it of a cheesy fraud involving the use of replacements in burgers and nuggets instead of real cheese. It has suspended the licence of a McDonald’s restaurant in Ahmednagar, forcing the business to remove the term “cheese” from a variety of goods. The […]
Robin Zaccheus, a Hyderabad resident, saw a live worm moving in a bar of Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate he purchased from a shop near Ameerpet metro station on Friday. In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Robin shared a video of the worm-infested chocolate bar as well as the receipt for the Rs […]
India’s food safety regulator and the Tea Board have conducted a meeting with all the stakeholders, including the research associations and growers to review the widespread concern on its quality and safety. The meeting was held in Kolkata on Saturday, according to a press release. CEO, of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India […]
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has clarified in a statement that the addition of protein binders or any other additives is not permitted in milk and milk products as specified in Appendix A of the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulation, 2011. Almost every dairy product […]
In order to prevent the potential “illegal” shipment of white non-basmati rice masquerading as premium basmati rice, the government said on Sunday that it would not permit exports of basmati rice below USD 1,200 per tonne. The commerce ministry stated in a statement that it has told trade promotion agency APEDA not to register contracts […]
The Central Advisory Committee (CAC) of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has recommended that licenses to food business operators (FBOs) can be issued for up to five years instead of one year, FSSAI CEO G Kamala Vardhana Rao said in a statement. Kamala Vardhana Rao reviewed the status of sampling of […]
Israel’s Ministry of Health published Sunday the principles of the outline for deepening the food reforms in the country with an emphasis on removing import barriers. The ministry said that in recent years many steps have been promoted in the field, including the opening of parallel imports of regular foods, the adoption of EU regulations […]
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that the Global Food Regulators Summit 2023 to be held in the national capital on Thursday will focus on the crucial aspect of food safety, which deserves as much attention as food security. The Union Health Minister, on Monday, was briefing the media on the Global Food Regulators Summit, […]
