Maharashtra FDA bans serving food in newspapers, issues statewide food safety orderMaharashtra FDA has launched 'Safe Food, Healthy Maharashtra' banning food served on newspapers and enforcing strict hygiene. Hotels, resta...
25 Jun, 2026, 12.18 PM IST
FSSAI sends notice to IRCTC after viral video shows utensils being washed in train toiletFSSAI Notice to IRCTC: A viral video has ignited controversy over food hygiene on Indian Railways. It allegedly shows catering staff washin...
30 May, 2026, 03.38 PM IST
Supreme Court pulls up Centre over food safety failures, seeks auditThe Supreme Court has directed the Centre and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India to explain why a nationwide performance audi...
29 May, 2026, 12.21 AM IST
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
FSSAI asks food businesses not to file false, misleading annual returnsFSSAI emphasizes accuracy in annual returns. Food Business Operators must provide correct information. False data leads to penalties under ...
13 Jul, 2025, 05.55 PM IST
FSSAI gets 21,042 consumer grievances against food delivery apps in last 5 fiscal yearsOver 21,000 consumer complaints against online food delivery apps have been registered with the FSSAI in the past five years. These complai...
01 Apr, 2025, 07.04 PM IST
Bad taste for ‘aam aadmi’: How adulterated mangoes pose fresh headache for regulators, consumersThe use of banned chemicals to ripen fruits is prevalent despite penalties and laws. The ball is in the food safety regulator’s court.
09 Jun, 2024, 10.24 AM IST
HC quashes penalty order issued to Tata Chemicals and others over 'substandard iodized salt'The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has overturned a 2016 ruling by the Food Safety Appellate Tribunal in Maharashtra's Buldhana, whi...
14 May, 2024, 02.33 PM 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
Govt moves to revamp the Food Safety and Standards Authority of IndiaThe ministry of health and family welfare has framed Food Safety and Standards (Amendment) Bill 2020 and introduced 70 amendments in the 20...
01 Oct, 2020, 10.59 PM IST
Food regulator slaps notice on McDonald's for disparaging 'ghiya-tori' adMcDonald's had over the last weekend carried advertisements in newspapers seeking to get traffic at its outlets by allegedly disparaging ho...
22 Nov, 2019, 09.18 PM IST
FSSAI proposes life imprisonment, Rs 10 lakh fine for food adulterationThe other amendments include regulation of exported food products under the FSS Act. Presently, it covers only sale of food items in domest...
26 Jun, 2018, 04.13 PM IST
Will new FSSAI rules undercut baby food law?Ostensibly to deal with three very rare medical conditions in infants, FSSAI decided to exempt several products from the IMS Act.
06 Mar, 2018, 11.24 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
FSSAI scraps existing approvals process, move leaves industry confusedThe food safety regulator has done away with process of product approvals in line with a recent Supreme Court order and now plans to reintr...
28 Aug, 2015, 05.19 AM IST
Over 685 milk samples fail quality test, says governmentIn a nationwide survey on milk adulteration by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), 68.4 per cent of the samples lifted fr...
12 May, 2015, 07.34 PM IST
- Gutkha ban: Health Ministry mulls penalising companies for ad blitz
Health Ministry is mulling to penalise firms manufacturing smokeless tobacco products for violating key provisions of food safety law.
18 Oct, 2012, 11.03 PM IST