QCI celebrates the World Accreditation Day, focuses on improving food safetyNABCB and NABL organised a webinar for this occasion, which saw the participation of all the relevant stakeholders.
10 Jun, 2020, 11.39 AM IST
Facing severe manpower crunch: FSSAIThe CAG in its audit found systemic inefficiencies, delays and deficiencies in the framing of regulations and standards and the specific di...
21 Dec, 2017, 12.26 AM IST
- CAG slams FSSAI over lapses in enforcing food safety
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has come down heavily on the Union Health Ministry and its body...
20 Dec, 2017, 09.15 PM IST
CAG raps FSSAI over licensing process, poor food testing labsFSSAI also failed to ensure that unsafe foods are not imported to the country, said the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in i...
19 Dec, 2017, 03.24 PM IST
Consumer body wants FSSAI norms for cream biscuitsThe CERC said it tested 10 brands of cream biscuits at its in-house laboratory in Ahmedabad and a majority of those had “unacceptably high ...
06 Oct, 2017, 11.00 AM IST
FSSAI sets up nine panels to strengthen food regulatory mechRegulator FSSAI has set up nine new panels for expediting work relating to strengthen the food regulatory mechanism in the country, the gov...
22 Dec, 2015, 05.39 PM IST
Nestle lashes out at food regulators, claims Maggi Pazzta is 100% safeA government food-testing laboratory in Lucknow has allegedly found lead beyond permissible limits in Nestle's pasta products.
29 Nov, 2015, 09.43 AM IST
Nestle India questions Lucknow lab test on pastaNestle India, which is facing a fresh controversy over its pasta products after Maggi noodles, today questioned the validity of lab test do...
28 Nov, 2015, 06.06 PM IST
FSSAI moves Supreme Court against lifting ban on Maggi noodlesFSSAI has contended that the High Court "erred" by asking Nestle, the Indian arm of the Swiss company itself, to provide the fresh samples ...
16 Nov, 2015, 11.06 PM IST
Our doors never shut for Nestle: FSSAI after high court rulingFSSAI said its "doors were never shut" for Nestle India with regard to Maggi, even as the Bombay HC quashed the central regulatory authorit...
13 Aug, 2015, 05.27 PM IST
Mere suspicion about sub-standard food item enough for action: FSSAIDuring last hearing, Nestle India had told the Bombay HC that a certain batch of its instant food product may have contained lead beyond pe...
23 Jul, 2015, 04.15 AM IST
High lead content in 1 batch can't justify blanket ban: NestleIf a particular batch was substandard, it could have been banned but stopping the entire production was not justified, argued Nestle's lawy...
17 Jul, 2015, 07.50 PM IST
Maggi row: Nestle says tests were done at non-accredited labs"The FSSAI order to ban Maggi on the basis of tests conducted in non-accredited labs is arbitrary, illegal and liable to be set aside," Nes...
12 Jul, 2015, 09.26 AM IST
FSSAI notifies 82 labs for testing food samplesNestle India had also withdrawn the instant noodles brand from the market. The company today said that it is in the process of destroying M...
15 Jun, 2015, 10.30 PM IST
Maggi lead scare aftermath: ITC, Hindustan Unilever go in for voluntary testsITC and Hindustan Unilever (HUL) will conduct additional voluntary tests on their noodles range from NABL-accredited and FSSAI-certified la...
09 Jun, 2015, 11.14 AM IST
FMCG major ITC goes in for more tests of its productsITC said it is conducting more tests on its products at accredited labs across India over and above internal tests to reassure its customer...
08 Jun, 2015, 06.10 PM IST
- FSSAI appoints Intertek to execute food safety testing
FSSAI has appointed product testing and certification firm Intertek to undertake testing, inspection and auditing of food business operator...
15 Nov, 2012, 11.07 PM IST