Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

FSSAI has come out with 'Food Safety and Standards (Alcoholic Beverages) First Amendment Regulations, 2023', which will come into force on March 1, 2024 New Delhi: Alcoholic beverages must not contain any nutritional information on the label except the voluntary...

Pawan Kumar Agarwal was given three months extension as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). According to a PTI report: The tenure of Agarwal, a 1985-batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre,...

FMCG major Nestle India on Wednesday said no amount of ash-content is added to its snack brand Maggi noodles at any stage of the manufacturing process and that the noodles brand is "100 per cent safe for consumption". "We wish...

What's the difference between an ice cream and a frozen dessert? And does it matter? Yes, if the battle between giants is any indication. India's largest fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) company, Hindustan Unilever, had last month filed a case against...

Food regulator FSSAI has given its approval to sell edible oils in loose through vending machines in West Bengal and the pilot project will start from Kolkata. According to a PTI report: FSSAI has given permission to a company to...

Food safety regulator FSSAI has announced a Rs 482 crore scheme to strengthen the food testing infrastructure in the country. "The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has rolled out a major scheme for strengthening of Food Testing...

Food regulator FSSAI is revising the list of fish species having potential to cause histamine poisoning and also set limits of histamine levels in fishery products. According to a PTI report: Histamine, a food-borne toxin, is formed as a result...

Edible oil industry body, Solvent Extractors Association of India (SEA), has filed complaints with food regulator, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and advertising industry watchdog, Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), against Patanjali Ayurved for alleged...

Edible oil industry body Solvent Extractors Association of India (SEA) is planning to approach Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) as well as Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), the advertising industry watchdog, against yoga guru Ramdev...

Nestle revealed that CFTRI (Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysuru) has cleared all samples of its instant snack brand Maggi noodles, stating that all 29 samples tested by the research institute are clear. The reports state that lead levels for...