FSSAI tightens food safety net; states drive enforcement push in FY 2025-26India's food safety agency, FSSAI, inspected nearly four lakh establishments and tested over 1.6 lakh food samples in 2025-26. States playe...
08 Apr, 2026, 10.11 PM IST
Turmeric purity test: FSSAI shows how to check if your haldi is pure or adulterated with colours in 2 minutesThe FSSAI is urging consumers to be vigilant about turmeric adulteration, warning of health risks from artificial colours. A simple home wa...
04 Apr, 2026, 05.34 PM IST
Suresh Prabhu for setting up food testing labs at 'prasadam' distribution spots amid Tirupati laddu rowFormer Union Minister Suresh Prabhu has urged the FSSAI to set up food testing labs at public places distributing 'prasadam' to ensure qual...
21 Sep, 2024, 05.17 PM IST
FSSAI declares import clearance of food items, testing at notified labs as essential servicesAll personnel who are assigned the charge of these essential services are required to be available in office on all working days from Monda...
31 Mar, 2020, 11.01 PM 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
How FSSAI is ensuring that food offered by street vendors and online aggregators meet safety normsThe Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is implementing a 'clean street food hub programme'.
07 Oct, 2018, 01.44 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
FSSAI launches Rs 482 cr scheme to upgrade food testing labsThe representatives from various ministries such as Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Export I...
03 Nov, 2016, 09.03 PM IST
Government mulls Rs 1750 cr proposal for FSSAI, state food regulatorsFaced with criticism from industry over approval system for food products, the government is mulling a Rs 1,750-crore proposal to strengthe...
01 Dec, 2015, 07.35 PM IST
FSSAI moves Supreme Court against 'erroneous' Bombay HC order on Nestlé's MaggiThe FSSAI petition has stated that the High Court 'erred' by asking the company itself to provide the fresh samples instead of asking a neu...
17 Nov, 2015, 04.13 AM 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
Nestle India falls as FSSAI trashes all-clear reports to Maggi from Goa, Mysore labsNestle India fell over 5% in intraday trade on Thursday, after FSSAI said that it has not given clean chit to Maggi noodles.
06 Aug, 2015, 09.41 AM IST
Maggi case: Nestle violated laws, alleges Maharashtra FDAThe Food and Drugs Administration of Maharashtra today told the Bombay High Court that Maggi noodles manufacturer Nestle India violated law...
28 Jul, 2015, 08.20 PM IST
Half-baked safety standards & nonchalant attitudes to hygiene: Is every food item prone to contamination?Dubious testing facilities, half-baked safety standards and nonchalant attitudes to hygiene may mean that every food item is prone to conta...
26 Jul, 2015, 11.40 AM 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
Commodity prices climb on customs hurdleSugar and pulses have already surged 30% -50% and customs clearance delay could mean further pressure.
21 Jul, 2009, 03.07 AM IST