Pharma companies against plan to bring nutraceuticals under drug regulatorControversy arises as government considers shifting nutraceuticals to drug regulatory authority from FSSAI oversight. Industry experts expr...
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...
Curd conundrum: Tamil Nadu refuses FSSAI order to use 'dahi' on curd sachets, will stick to using 'tayir'The Tamil Nadu government has resisted an order from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to use the Hindi word "dahi" ...
FSSAI asks online food platforms to comply with norms on display of nutritional valueIn the letter, FSSAI said that "all e-commerce food business operators are hereby directed to enable provision in their online platforms in...
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...
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...
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.
FSSAI ties up with US firm Decernis Ltd to get access to global standardsWith this tie up, FSSAI would get access to database of over 70,000 standards for food additives, food standards, food contact and contamin...
FSSAI draws Supreme Court fire for food supplement banSC slammed the regulator for exceeding its authority in imposing a virtual ban on food and health supplements through a 2013 advisory makin...
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...
Food regulator FSSAI within law in ordering Maggi recall: CounselIn the Nestle-food regulator dispute over the Maggi recall order, the counsel for the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) ...
After Maggi, Top Ramen withdrawn from Indian marketAfter Maggi controversy, Indo Nissin today announced withdrawal of its instant noodles brand 'Top Ramen' from the Indian market on orders f...
Food watchdog FSSAI to vet Nestle plantsFSSAI plans to audit factories of the multinational company in order to ensure that it complies with other regulatory and manufacturing sta...
Bombay High Court issues notices to FSSAI on Canola Oil labelling rowThe Bombay HC has asked FSSAI to espond by Sep 1 on whether they should insist on labelling Canola Oil as "Rapeseed Oil-low erucic acid".
FSSAI order on labelling puts Canola oil importers in a fixThe authority has insisted that the every container of Canola oil must be labelled "imported rapeseed-low erucic acid oil".
FSSAI stops Starbucks' consignment of flavoured syrups at portTwo people with direct knowledge of the matter said the consignment blocked by the FSSAI earlier this month contained flavoured syrups used...
Tata Starbucks moves HC to release consignment of syrups blocked by food regulatorThe local joint venture of Starbucks has approached the Bombay HC to release a consignment of flavored syrups blocked by the Food Safety an...