FSSAI directs online platforms to deliver food items with minimum 45-day shelf lifeThe FSSAI has issued new directives to e-commerce food sellers, mandating a minimum 30% or 45-day shelf life on delivered products. The reg...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
FSSAI to set up food safety standards review panel"FSSAI will also look at ensuring that these food safety standards are complied by stakeholders in the food business through third party au...
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.
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...
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...
Ban potassium bromate as food additive, says FSSAIAfter careful consideration, the FSSAI has decided to remove potassium bromate from the list of permissible additives,” FSSAI CEO Pawan Kum...
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...
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...