Food regulator slaps notice on McDonald's for disparaging freshly cooked food, vegetables in advertisement
• 5 years agoFood regulator FSSAI has slapped a show-cause notice on McDonald's for disparaging freshly cooked food and vegetables in its advertisements to promote fast food
Around 38% of processed milk samples fail to meet prescribed quality norm: FSSAI study
• 6 years agoProcessed 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
MDH Sambar Masala recalled in US after Food and Drug Administration finds Salmonella contamination
• 6 years agoThe contaminated lot of MDH’s sambhar powder was distributed in some northern Californian stores, the drug regulator said in a statement late on Wednesday.
S Jaishankar meets Nepal president Bidya Devi Bhandari to review trade, transit, culture and education relations
• 6 years agoMoU between Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and DFTQC Nepal was also signed on food safety
Companies get 3 months' extension to comply with FSSAI order on labelling wheat products
• 6 years agoFood business operators have been given three more months, till 31 July, to change labels of their food products to include English nomenclature for 'atta' and 'maida' as wheat flour and refined wheat flour, respectively, according to the food safety regulator FSSAI
Zomato, Swiggy, Foodpanda, seven others delist over 5,000 restaurants for not having food safety regulator's approval
• 7 years agoThe 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.
CSE's Study on GM food is flawed and needlessly alarmist, states expert
Vivianfernandes • 7 years agoCurrently, 96 percent of India’s cotton area is under Bt cotton.
Maggi attains over 60% market share, touches pre-crisis level in value terms: Nestle India chief Suresh Narayanan
• 7 years agoMaggi was banned by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) in June 2015 for five months for allegedly containing lead beyond permissible limits, forcing Nestle India to withdraw the product from the market.
Food safety regulator proposes life imprisonment, Rs 10 lakh fine for adulteration
• 7 years agoThose adulterating food products could face life imprisonment and penalty of up to Rs 10 lakh as per the amendments proposed by the regulator FSSAI in its 2006 food safety and standards law
Nestle asked to pay fine, co says Maggi does not have 'ash content', noodles have always been safe
• 7 years agoFMCG major Nestle India, which is facing penalty over alleged "ash content" in Maggi, said the company does not use it while manufacturing the popular noodles.