FSSAI clarifies only Camellia sinensis products can be called “tea”The FSSAI has clarified that only products derived from the Camellia sinensis plant can be labeled as 'Tea'. The authority stated that usin...
26 Dec, 2025, 05.45 PM IST
FSSAI directs states to ensure removal of 'ORS' from product labels and brand namesThe Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has issued a new directive. All food business operators must remove the term 'ORS' from th...
16 Oct, 2025, 11.39 AM IST
Zomato delivery agent eats customer's food. Man who caught him 'red handed' thanked CEO Deepinder Goyal. Here's whyKiran Verma's Facebook post details an encounter with a Zomato delivery agent eating unclaimed food due to a customer no-show on Holi 2025....
17 Mar, 2025, 09.48 AM IST
NAA investigating 250 retailers for 'profiteering'The National Anti-profiteering Authority (NAA) is "internally" investigating around 250 retailers following complaints that they raised pri...
26 Aug, 2022, 12.30 AM IST
CBIC clarifies ambiguity on GST on pre-packaged items, new rates from MondayAlso the clarification said that if several packages intended for retail sale to the ultimate consumer, say 10 packages of 10 Kg each, are ...
18 Jul, 2022, 03.37 PM IST
Papad makers in a pickle over contradictory classification rulingsWhat is a papad? Of course, papad or papadam or vadam is India’s favourite indigenous cracker, and it is usually round and fried or roasted.
26 Aug, 2021, 06.34 AM IST
18% GST on ready-to-cook idli, dosa, porridge mix: AAR"The Dosai Mixes and Idli Mixes are packed and sold as mixes which are to be mixed with water/boiled water/curd to make it as batter and th...
08 Aug, 2021, 11.57 AM IST
A rulebook for returning food 'dabbas': Better empty and in time than late and filledReturning favours for and with food is hardly special to India, but it takes special intensity here with the focus on the food dabba.
18 Jul, 2021, 09.46 AM IST
‘Food-only’ play not so palatable for retailersThough 8 cos have filed applications to invest about $700 mn under food-only route, only a fraction of the amount said to have been investe...
26 Jun, 2018, 07.43 AM IST
Drug regulator wants multi-vitamins to be classified as 'drugs'Among the 10 products that have been mentioned in the proposal are Sun Pharma's multi-vitamin capsule 'Revital', Pfizer's 'Ferradol' and Al...
17 Sep, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
After Infosys, FMCG major HUL allows smart casualsAfter Infosys shed its formal dress code, FMCG major Hindustan Unilever (HUL), known to have had a strict dress regime, has followed suit.
26 Jun, 2015, 10.34 AM IST
New labelling guidelines hit F&B industry hard ahead of the festival seasonWith Diwali just around the corner, liquor majors and restaurants are in a blue funk over their depleted stocks of imported premium liquor.
28 Sep, 2014, 03.22 AM IST
Indian diversity fuels innovation: ExpertFrans Johansson, CEO of The Medici Group, said India is an incredibly diverse country, and this diversity powers a culture of innovation an...
30 Apr, 2014, 12.30 PM IST
- Food regulator's new ad code hits FICCI wall
Industry chamber FICCI to oppose move to make celebrity brand endorsers responsible for product claims.
16 Dec, 2009, 01.15 AM IST
- India-born execs are a hit in the food & beverages sector globally
Tracing the footsteps of PepsiCo chairman Indra Nooyi, a raft of India-born executives in the food and beverages sector are marching off to...
07 Oct, 2009, 02.24 AM IST
- Lack of clarity in drugs Act may hit generic companies
Ambiguity in terms such as 'adulterated' & 'spurious' may complicate patent challenge & regulation of firms
31 Aug, 2009, 12.32 AM IST
- Biyani warms up to tie-up with US chain Coffee Bean
After an aborted partnership plan with premium coffee retailer Starbucks, Pantaloon Retail is brewing a fresh alliance with California-base...
03 Sep, 2007, 02.33 AM IST