Eggs safe for consumption, linking them to cancer risk is misleading: FSSAIIndia's food regulator, FSSAI, has declared eggs safe for consumption, refuting claims linking them to cancer risk as scientifically unsupp...
20 Dec, 2025, 10.46 PM IST
FSSAI asks States to curb use of illegal ripening agents, synthetic coatings on fruitsFSSAI has directed states to intensify inspections to curb the illegal use of ripening agents like calcium carbide and synthetic coatings o...
20 May, 2025, 03.58 PM IST
From obesity to heart attacks: MP Assembly raises alarm over junk food's impact on kids, vows strict FSSAI enforcementThe Madhya Pradesh Assembly raises concerns over increasing junk food consumption among children. Deputy CM Rajendra Shukla stresses the en...
25 Mar, 2025, 10.47 AM IST
Why contaminated foods can easily enter your kitchenThough India has a food regulator, the actions regulators abroad take on exported foods seem to get wider attention. There is a danger of t...
11 May, 2024, 09.53 AM IST
Alcoholic beverage makers to seek approvals for new labelling norms: FSSAIThe Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had last year issued a regulation on alcoholic beverages and the same became effec...
04 Apr, 2019, 06.19 PM IST
Modi government writes new rule book for BigBasket, Swiggy & ZomatoFood products offered for sale are liable to sampling at any point in the supply chain as per new rules.
29 Dec, 2018, 12.12 AM 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
- 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
Imported food items will need to have three months to go for expiryTo enforce this, the regulator has proposed that no customs officer will approve import of any food item that does not meet this norm.
05 Dec, 2017, 12.45 PM IST
How Mumbai's Siddhivinayak temple is ensuring its prasad is holy and hygienicSiddhivinayak, which holds a license to make and sell its prasad, sends samples from each batch of ingredients to three different labs for ...
30 Apr, 2017, 01.57 AM IST
FSSAI proposes keeping junk food out of schools, surroundingsFood safety regulator FSSAI has proposed restrictions on the sale of junk food items including noodles, chips, carbonated drinks.
18 Oct, 2015, 12.28 PM IST
What defines junk food? Health ministry has no ideaThe health ministry has done quite a lot in framing reports and conducting studies but has never defined junk food in any way.
30 Jul, 2015, 03.11 PM IST
FSSAI panel to regulate salt, fat & sugar in foodThe committee will also prescribe regulations for display of salt, sugar and fat content in products being sold in restaurants and by cater...
19 Jun, 2015, 05.32 AM IST
Junk food curbed, not banned in schoolsThe PIL by Uday Foundation through its founder Rahul Verma had sought an immediate ban on junk food and carbonated drinks in all unaided an...
18 Mar, 2015, 11.32 AM IST
- Advertisers' tall claims get short shrift
Complan claiming to help children grow taller, Akshay Kumar doing impossible daredevilry to steal a bottle of Thums Up, Maggi 2-minute nood...
27 Oct, 2009, 01.13 AM IST
- Health officers on ports to check illegal import of food items
Illegal imports of colas, chocolates, biscuits and other food products may finally come to an end in a few months.
12 Jan, 2009, 12.12 AM IST