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The survey has shown that 12 out of 6,432 samples of milk were adulterated that render such milk unsafe for human consumption. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) today released the full report of the ‘National Milk Safety and Quality Survey 2018.’ The survey results demolish the perception of large scale milk […]
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A recent decision taken by the FSSAI will be beneficial for the people among us who like frequenting restaurants on the weekend or special occasions or even just to grab a bite. Many times, we have our reservations about the hygienic standards of certain eateries. But now, we may breathe a sigh of relief if […]
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“We not only have to provide right food, but also ensure that there is strict implementation of laws and the compliance of standards to assure that citizens have safe and wholesome food,” stated Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare. He was speaking at the inauguration of the first ever state-of-the-art National […]
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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on August 8, 2019, issued a draft regulation to prevent the use of antibiotic colistin in food, banned by the Union government in July. In exercise of the power conferred under section 92 of the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, FSSAI has framed draft Food […]
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Unhealthy food choices are contributing to the rise of the obesity crisis among children. Mass awareness programmes are the need of the hour to educate the general public about the dangers that foods with a high-fat, salty and sugary foods pose to the health of children. Keeping this in mind, the formulated a regulation with […]
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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has proposed banning advertisements of unhealthy food in and around school premises in an attempt to promote safe and wholesome food among school children, its CEO Pawan Kumar Agarwal said on Thursday, June 13. With such a move, the regulator aims to promote wholesome and nutritious […]
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The Union health minister was addressing a function organized by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on first-ever World Food Safety Day in New Delhi on Friday, June 07. On this occasion, Minister of State for Health, Ashwini Choubey applauded FSSAI’s efforts of building an Eat Right India through peoples’ participation and highlighted […]
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Food regulator FSSAI on Wednesday, January 30 issued a notification seeking a ban on the use of pins in tea bags by the food business operators (FBOs) by June 30. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has asked the FBOs to discontinue manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and import of stapled tea bags by […]
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How often have you been served food wrapped in a newspaper by the roadside vada pav vendor? Everytime – would be the common refrain. In Mumbai, it is common for a vada pav or street food sellers to wrap our food in newspapers for us to takeaway. But now, this practice will soon come to […]
Continue ReadingThe survey, however, found slightly less than 10% samples had contaminants coming mainly from poor farm practices. This is by far the largest systematic survey of milk both in terms of sample size and numbers of parameters (4 quality parameters, 12 adulterants; and 4 contaminants – 93 antibiotic residues, 18 pesticides residues, Aflatoxin M1 and […]
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