Plant-based food cos urge FSSAI to ease 'milk' label rules for plant-based dairy alternativesSethi called for FSSAI's chief executive officer (CEO) to engage with the industry, exchange ideas and foster collaboration to support star...
21 May, 2024, 08.38 PM IST
FSSAI in process of collecting pan-India samples of Nestle's Cerelac baby cereals: CEOFSSAI collecting Nestle's Cerelac samples nationally due to sugar concerns. Nestle reduces sugar by 30%. CEO highlights food fortification ...
25 Apr, 2024, 12.41 PM IST
G Kamala Vardhana Rao takes charge as new CEO of FSSAI on ThursdayG Kamala Vardhana Rao has taken over the charge as the CEO of food regulator FSSAI. According to a statement, Rao, an IAS officer, took cha...
30 Dec, 2022, 04.18 PM IST
Food packs to have info on salt, sugar and fat per servingWhile it is mandatory for companies to disclose the salt, sodium and fat content of their products, the new regulation will make it compuls...
04 Jun, 2021, 09.33 AM IST
FSSAI to increase testing, enforcement activities to ensure food safetyThe Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has done a survey on milk recently and it would like to conduct surveillance acros...
28 Feb, 2019, 04.33 PM IST
Remove 'fake' content on food quality, govt tells Facebook, GoogleThe order follows a complaint by Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) CEO Pawan Agarwal to IT Secretary Ajay Prakash Sawhney.
21 Jan, 2019, 10.55 AM IST
FSSAI says 'no cause of alarm' about milk adulterationThere is no cause of alarm about quality of milk in India, food regulator FSSAI CEO Pawan Kumar Agarwal said Tuesday, citing initial findin...
16 Oct, 2018, 11.14 PM IST
Zomato, Swiggy, Foodpanda, 7 others delist over 5,000 restaurants:FSSAIThe move by the companies comes after FSSAI asked them in July to stop using edibles supplied by non-licensed operators.
10 Oct, 2018, 06.15 PM IST
Zomato, Swiggy start delisting restaurants without FSSAI licenceWhile Zomato did not specify the number of restaurants, the exercise is being carried out across all 34 cities where the firm has presence.
04 Sep, 2018, 07.35 PM IST
Food platforms yet to delist many restaurants sans FSSAI licenceApart from Swiggy, UberEats, Zomato, FSSAI had sent notices to Box8, Fasso’s, FoodCloud, Foodmongo, Foodpanda, Jusfood and LimeTray.
02 Aug, 2018, 11.59 PM IST
Pawan Kumar Agarwal gets extension as CEO FSSAIThe tenure of Agarwal, a 1985-batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre, has been given three-month extension beyond May 15, 2018, an order is...
09 May, 2018, 08.48 PM IST
Regulator steps in to improve quality of food ordered onlineThe FSSAI guidelines also said food products offered for sale by any ecommerce entity “shall be liable to sampling at any point in supply c...
24 Mar, 2017, 12.32 PM IST
Packaged water: Pepsico, Coca Cola, Bisleri have valid licenseThe three players -- Pepsico, Coca Cola and Bisleri -- command 60 per cent market share in the packaged drinking water segment.
12 Jul, 2016, 08.41 PM IST
FSSAI signs pact with ASCI to check misleading advertisementsThe agreement also requires ASCI to report to FSSAI non- compliance of ASCI's decisions for further action as required per provisions of th...
29 Jun, 2016, 01.24 AM IST
FSSAI wants action against unlicensed water packaging unitsOut of total 5,842 registered water packaging units, 1,495 units have both BIS and FSSAI licences, while 4,347 units have only BIS certific...
28 Jun, 2016, 06.42 PM IST
FSSAI registration must for e-tailers selling food productsAny e-commerce player selling food products or dealing in food business will have to get registered with food regulator FSSAI, a top offici...
06 Apr, 2016, 05.47 PM IST
Ashish Bahuguna given additional charge of FSSAI CEOAshish Bahuguna, the Chairman of the food regulator FSSAI, has been given an additional charge of its CEO, following shifting of Yudhvir Si...
04 Oct, 2015, 12.57 PM IST