Food companies, FSSAI, health institutions differ over front pack labelling proposalOfficials of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) are of the view that ratings wil...
06 Mar, 2023, 12.48 AM IST
Health info with price norm likely for ecommerce companies to curb unhealthy consumptionThe Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is evaluating a proposal to enforce front-of-the-pack nutritional labelling to ale...
08 Feb, 2023, 08.39 AM IST
Majority of Indian consumers want red labels on ultra processed food packs and e-commerce listingsSo far, national regulator Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)’s draft proposal on star rating systems to identify high fa...
11 Jan, 2023, 10.13 PM IST
FSSAI’s star rating proposal ineffective in curbing unhealthy foods, says doctors panelNational food regulator Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)’s star rating labelling proposal for packaged foods will be in...
19 Dec, 2022, 04.53 PM IST
FSSAI's draft norm on front-of-the-pack nutritional labelling will hit small sweet-namkeen makers: CAITIn September, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had issued draft regulations for FOPNL for packaged food companies. ...
28 Nov, 2022, 04.39 PM IST
Give 'warning' label, not health star rating on junk food packages: Experts tell to FSSAIIf the government is serious about the “epidemic” of obesity and non-communicable diseases, the consumer needs to be cautioned about junk f...
20 Apr, 2022, 03.35 PM IST
Zomato defers new food safety policy to May 3, FSSAI agrees with proposed stepsET reported on April 15 that changes to the restaurant aggregator’s ‘Severe Food Quality’ rules - which were to take effect from April 18 -...
16 Apr, 2022, 10.20 AM IST
FSSAI's new star rating system for packaged food faces a revoltThe People's Vigilance Committee, in an April 8 letter addressed to the health ministry, stated that nutrition warnings on food packs are a...
12 Apr, 2022, 05.37 AM IST
Packaged foods to soon have a 'Health Star'As per the 'Health Star' rating system, packaged foods will display the number of stars on the front of the pack, indicating how healthy or...
24 Feb, 2022, 01.24 AM IST
Plea in SC seeking 'health star rating' for food items, beveragesThe petition, filed through advocate Ashwani Kumar Dubey, claimed that FSSAI neither conducts 'Health Impact Assessment' nor implements 'He...
16 Jun, 2021, 05.55 PM IST
QCI launches recognition scheme for hygiene rating audit agenciesFSSAI's initiative of 'Food Hygiene Rating Scheme' is a certification system for food businesses supplying food directly to consumers, eith...
15 Dec, 2020, 05.19 PM IST
Environmental watchdog CSE provides FSSAI details of honey adulteration investigationCSE Director General Sunita Narain emphasised that the investigations had revealed that the honey adulteration business was sophisticated a...
04 Dec, 2020, 07.13 PM IST
FSSAI working to improve hygiene at fish & meat mkts on account of coronavirus outbreakEarlier, FSSAI chairperson Rita Teaotia announced that the regulator has decided to set up six new branch offices, four new import offices ...
17 Feb, 2020, 05.31 PM IST
Eateries will have to display hygiene ratings on doorsThe food regulator is set to make such ratings mandatory for all restaurants along with presence of a food supervisor to monitor compliance...
06 Sep, 2019, 10.44 AM IST
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.
04 Sep, 2018, 07.35 PM IST
FSSAI to reclassify food businesses to align with GSTUnder the GST regime, implemented from July 1, 2017, businesses with an annual turnover of over Rs 20 lakh are required to pay GST.
27 Mar, 2018, 04.21 PM IST
Food regulator FSSAI launches mobile app for consumersFSSAI has launched a mobile app through which consumers can raise their concerns related to quality of packaged food and the food served in...
14 Mar, 2016, 09.05 PM IST