It is important to have harmonised Codex standards for spices products in global trade and this is a work that needs the highest priority t...

Frozen dessert manufacturers insist they should be allowed to label their products as ice-cream. “They say that frozen desserts should be c...

Two new work proposals will also be taken up for deliberations so as to develop harmonized standards for global trade in these two much in ...

Spices Board chairman said through the historic decision the spices have been included for the first time as commodities having universal s...

India, which is a major producer and exporter of these spices, played a key role in pushing the entry of these commodities to have Codex st...

The Arab nation has now made it mandatory for Indian exporters to furnish a pesticide residue analysis report for each consignment of shipm...

Food Safety regulator FSSAI has finalised 12,000 standards for food additives and ingredients in line with global safety standards Codex.

FSSAI has proposed fixing limits of permissible lead content in a wide range of products including salt, fruits, juices, vegetables, pulses...

In food, this goal has given way to arbitrary assertion of the civil servant’s power to cause damage. This is not acceptable.

Codex standards serve in many cases as a basis for national legislation and provide the food safety benchmarks for international food trade.

The three-day 12 thworld spice congress will begin on February 16 with the theme 'sustainability and food safety: global initiatives' in Ko...

There is an urgent need to follow codex standards with regard to infant foods, a senior official of Codex Alimentarius Commission said.

Argentina, supported by a number of developing countries, has urged the other countries to agree on common international standards for pest...

The Food Safety and Standards Bill ’05 is a new statute that integrates eight different food related laws, administered by different govern...

The Union Cabinet on Friday approved new wheat import rules that conform with international food standards, officials said, setting the gro...

Union health ministry plans to make it mandatory for all packed foods sold in the country to conform to stringent international packaging n...

The Union ministry of food processing industries which intends to introduce an integrated food law, focusing on quality standardisation, wi...