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World Food Safety Day 2020: Seven hygienic food practices you should follow for a healthy life
If hygiene and safety standards aren’t met, it’s you, the consumer, who will suffer directly due to ill health and diseases
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Coronavirus Outbreak: Follow these steps to maintain hygiene while handling fruits, vegetables at market and home
Amid coronavirus outbreak, practising the right protocols to safely handle fruits and vegetables at the market and home is of optimum importance
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Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) in your food: Is it really as bad as some experts claim?
Is MSG really that unsafe, especially when you consider that the US Food and Drug Administration labelled it “generally recognized as safe” back in 1995?
Around 38% of processed milk samples fail to meet prescribed quality norm: FSSAI study
Processed milk, including of major brands, have failed to meet the prescribed quality norm in 37.7 percent of the total samples tested, according to an FSSAI study
As part of ‘Eat Right India’ campaign, FSSAI has trained over 1.7 lakh supervisors to ensure food safety, says Health Minister Harsh Vardhan
As part of 'Eat Right India' campaign, the central food regulator - Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has trained over 1.7 lakh food safety supervisors who will spread awareness and sensitise people and food vendors on food safety
First-ever World Food Safety Day on 7 June makes ensuring safe and nutritious food for all 'everyone's business'
Food safety is the handling, preparing and storing food in a way to best reduce the risk of individuals becoming sick from foodborne illnesses
FSSAI to increase sample testing, enforcement activities to ensure availability of safe food to people
In the last few years, FSSAI has given thrust to improve government labs through financial support and also notified private labs, he added.
Zomato, Swiggy, Foodpanda, seven others delist over 5,000 restaurants for not having food safety regulator's approval
The move by the companies comes after FSSAI asked them in July to stop using edibles supplied by non-licensed operators after it received consumer complaints of sub-standard food being served through these platforms.
FSSAI directs 10 e-commerce firms to delist non-licensed operators after consumers complaint of sub-standard food
Box8, Faasos, FoodCloud, Foodmingo, Foodpanda, JusFood, LimeTray, Swiggy, UberEats and Zomato have been directed by the FSSAI
Thanks to Monsanto's reckless practices, Bt toxins in adulterant cottonseed oil may be seeping into your samosas
Bt cotton seed is being freely blended into refined and other edible oils as non-genetically modified cottonseed oil despite the regulation against it.
FSSAI to introduce technology-based system to ensure transparent food safety inspection
FSSAI to introduce a technology-based system to ensure that food safety inspection and sampling are conducted in a transparent and objective manner.
FSSAI says staple pins on tea bags can cause health hazards, bans them from January
The decision was taken after complaints of staple pins in tea bags
Govt launches quality mark logo for milk, milk products
Quality logo, will signify safe and quality milk and milk products from dairy cooperatives
Tirupati temple may have to get FSSAI license to serve, make laddus
Soon, your Tirupati laddu may come with a food safety mark!
New Zealand assures support for India's UNSC, NSG membership appeal
Acknowledging the importance of India joining the Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG), New Zealand on Wednesday affirmed its constructive contribution towards New Delhi's quest for the membership of the elite club.
Maggi survived 'near-death experience'; we have emerged stronger: Nestle India MD Suresh Narayanan
With the pan-India launch of the new Maggi variants and the new range 'Hot Heads', Nestle India expects to see more growth
FSSAI approves safety standards for alcoholic drinks, finalises list of additives to be used
Food safety regulator FSSAI has approved standards for alcoholic drinks like whiskey and beer and finalised a list of additives to be used.
Milky matters: Maneka Gandhi writes on the dark side of India's 'White flood'
Must you drink milk? If you must, at least try and find and out what cows are being used in the packaged sarkari milks, Amul, and your local dairy.
SC seeks response from Nestle India, Maharashtra on FSSAI plea against lifting of Maggi ban
The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from Maggi noodles manufacturer Nestle India Ltd and Maharashtra on a plea filed by food regulator FSSAI against the Bombay High Court verdict lifting ban on nine variants of the fast food.
At 500-600 plates a day, Maggi is selling like hotcakes at international trade fair stall
One of the reasons cited for the success of Maggi sales at the trade fair is the revoking of the ban