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Explained: How food labels will change in India from today

The new directives by FSSAI mandate e-commerce food companies like Swiggy and Zomato to display the calorific value and information related to nutrition and allergen of a food item on packages

FSSAI Recruitment 2022: Admit card released for various exams, check details here

FSSAI will conduct the Computer Based Test (CBT) and Written Examinations for various posts from 28 to 31 March

Vegan food to soon sport FSSAI-approved logo of green sapling inside a 'V'

According to an FSSAI statement, the 'Green' colour and the leaf "depicts that the ingredient/product is of plant origin and the letter 'V' identifies the product to be as 'Vegan'.

Govt will ensure that your garlic bread has garlic in it; here's how

Under the category of speciality bread, the draft proposes that “the speciality ingredient must be present in case a prefix is added to the term ‘bread’ on the label”

AIIMS doctors call for front of pack labelling, scientific limits on sugar, salt and fats in junk food

If we want to control the diabetes epidemic in India, we have to actnow, the doctors said, adding that diabetics are likely to be at a greater risk of fatalities from COVID-19

Delhi govt allows restaurants to operate round-the-clock, says tourism license not required

The AAP government said such steps will help the industry generate more employment through higher demand and will set an example of the 'Delhi Model' of ease of doing business

From driving licences, free LPG connections, to Motor Vehicles Act: Here are rules that are changing from 1 October

From taxes on foreign fund transfers to the stopping of free LPG connections under the Ujjwala scheme, here are the major changes that will take place from 1 October

Sterling Holiday Resorts to open 21 properties in first phase after it gets go-ahead from govt to resume services

Currently, the company has around 41 resorts across the country and all of them are closed for guests currently on account of lockdown imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sterling Holiday Resorts said.

Coronavirus does not spread through chicken, mutton, seafood; virus will not survive in high temperature: FSSAI

There is no scientific evidence to show that coronavirus spreads through eating chicken, mutton and seafood, FSSAI chief G S G Ayyangar said on Thursday and asserted that the virus would not survive in higher temperature

Excessive pesticides in agriculture make livestock vulnerable to aflatoxin contamination; affected dairy products can cause cancer in humans

Food containing aflatoxin concentrations, of just one milligram per kilogram, can cause aflatoxicosis which causes nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and convulsions in the short term and acute liver failure, jaundice, lethargy, eventually leading to death, according to a WHO study in February 2018.