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AWL Agri business penalised for substandard O=oilFSSAI has secured an order against AWL Agri Business for substandard fortified sunflower oil. Laboratory tests found the product failed to ...
FSSAI penalises AWL Agri Business for substandard fortified Fortune sunflower oil sold in GoaIndia's food regulator FSSAI has penalized AWL Agri Business Ltd for selling substandard oil. A sample of Fortune Fryola refined sunflower ...
Cabinet approves supply of fortified rice under welfare schemes till Dec 2028 at cost of Rs 17,082 crThe Union Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved a scheme worth ₹17,082 crore for fortified rice to combat anemia and micro...
Fortify the nation by diversifying our foodBill Gates highlights the importance of food fortification and a diverse diet through India's public distribution system to improve health ...
Most pregnant women are deprived of vitamins vital for maternal health & fetus growth, finds new studyB vitamins, for example, are particularly important for many of our everyday functions - including energy levels, cell health and nerve fun...
Centre to fully implement rice fortification programme before March 2024 targetThe government will implement fully rice fortification programme before the scheduled target of March 2024, a top food ministry official sa...
J'khand govt to roll out scheme to distribute fortified rice under PDS; rights activists raise concernFood rights activists have raised concern over the 'Rice Fortification Scheme (RFS)', alleging that health impacts due to the consumption o...
Phase-2 of fortified rice distribution starts; 90 high burden districts covered in April-MayThe first phase was started in October 2021 under which fortified rice was supplied through Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) an...
View: Food fortification is an economically viable and technologically sound method for the management of malnutritionIn a country like India with 136 crore people, whose dietary system is predominantly carbohydrate-dense, ensuring the availability of natur...
Centre mulls fortified rice to fight malnutrition, anaemia; policy to spur production likelyRice is a staple for 65% of India's population and a key component of the government's food security programme. It's supplied at subsidised...
Snapdeal to drive awareness of FSSAI’s Eat Right India movementWith this, Snapdeal orders will feature customised information stickers about fortified products for consumers shopping on the platform. Th...
FSSAI mulling making fortification of edible oil with vitamins A, D mandatoryFortification of edible oil will ensure that people belonging to different socio-economic strata have easy access to fortified edible oil a...
SJM opposes mandatorily fortified foodFSSAI has been organising awareness camps and making policy change to promote food fortification and address the challenge of micronutrient...
Fruit juices, cereals, cereal-based foods, bakery products will soon have fortification standardsThe logo for easy recognition of ‘safe’ foods could be yellow, similar to the existing red and green logos to identify vegetarian and non-v...
Big firms like ITC, HUL & Cargill to fortify wheat flourFSSAI today said major wheat-flour brands like ITC, HUL, Cargill and Patanjali would begin to fortify wheat flour with iron, folic acid and...
Manufacturers agree to fortify edible oil with Vitamin A&D: FSSAIAt the behest of governments of Rajasthan and Gujarat, entire edible oil industry is already selling only fortified edible oil across these...
Edible oil imports to see decrease due to higher domestic productionConsumption of edible oils in India is nearly 21.0 million tonnes against which the local production is hardly 6.0 to 6.5 million tonnes an...
Mother Dairy to sell only fortified milk in NCR by year-endAsked about the cost of fortification of milk with Vitamin A&D, he said it would be around 25 paise per litre and the same would be absorbe...
Oil industry claims oil fortification with vitamins not useful for Indian cookingThere are thousands of oil millers and vegetable oil refiners in small and medium scale who are not equipped for fortification of oil with ...
- It's a Vit-A splash in the pan
After adding vitamin A to atta, breakfast cereals, milk and jams, do we really need more of it while frying puris? Pushed by drug companies...