Fortify the nation by diversifying our foodBill Gates highlights the importance of food fortification and a diverse diet through India's public distribution system to improve health ...
18 Sep, 2024, 11.02 PM IST
FSSAI in process of collecting pan-India samples of Nestle's Cerelac baby cereals: CEOFSSAI collecting Nestle's Cerelac samples nationally due to sugar concerns. Nestle reduces sugar by 30%. CEO highlights food fortification ...
25 Apr, 2024, 12.41 PM IST
View: Food fortification is an economically viable and technologically sound method for the management of malnutritionIn a country like India with 136 crore people, whose dietary system is predominantly carbohydrate-dense, ensuring the availability of natur...
05 Nov, 2021, 11.30 PM IST
Snapdeal to drive awareness of FSSAI’s Eat Right India movementWith this, Snapdeal orders will feature customised information stickers about fortified products for consumers shopping on the platform. Th...
22 Feb, 2021, 07.45 PM IST
Snapdeal packages to carry info stickers to spread awareness about '+F' markSnapdeal will use its digital channels to disseminate information about the benefits of fortified foods in daily diets and how consumers ca...
22 Feb, 2021, 05.17 PM IST
FSSAI mulling making fortification of edible oil with vitamins A, D mandatoryFortification of edible oil will ensure that people belonging to different socio-economic strata have easy access to fortified edible oil a...
26 Sep, 2020, 04.10 PM IST
SJM opposes mandatorily fortified foodFSSAI has been organising awareness camps and making policy change to promote food fortification and address the challenge of micronutrient...
21 Aug, 2018, 07.25 AM IST
Fruit juices, cereals, cereal-based foods, bakery products will soon have fortification standardsThe logo for easy recognition of ‘safe’ foods could be yellow, similar to the existing red and green logos to identify vegetarian and non-v...
28 Nov, 2017, 12.58 AM IST
Big firms like ITC, HUL & Cargill to fortify wheat flourFSSAI today said major wheat-flour brands like ITC, HUL, Cargill and Patanjali would begin to fortify wheat flour with iron, folic acid and...
07 Apr, 2017, 10.50 PM IST
Manufacturers agree to fortify edible oil with Vitamin A&D: FSSAIAt the behest of governments of Rajasthan and Gujarat, entire edible oil industry is already selling only fortified edible oil across these...
25 Mar, 2017, 05.43 PM IST
Edible oil imports to see decrease due to higher domestic productionConsumption of edible oils in India is nearly 21.0 million tonnes against which the local production is hardly 6.0 to 6.5 million tonnes an...
22 Mar, 2017, 03.48 PM IST
Food fortification: Task force formed to frame regulationsThe government has constituted a task force to frame regulations on food fortification to combat malnutrition, Rajya Sabha was informed tod...
05 May, 2016, 06.10 PM IST
Government sets up panel to frame food fortification policyThe government has constituted a committee to formulate a comprehensive policy on food fortification, Lok Sabha was informed today.
08 Mar, 2016, 05.57 PM IST
Brands make micro-nutrient value addition to get closer to customer and complianceFrom breakfast cereals, appetizers, meals to beverages, Indians are gradually getting their platters filled with vitamins and minerals as b...
16 Feb, 2016, 07.09 PM IST
Government to bring legislation on food fortificationGovernment is planning to bring a legislation on food fortification to combat high malnutrition in children with focus on dietary diversifi...
26 Nov, 2015, 10.02 PM IST
Oil industry claims oil fortification with vitamins not useful for Indian cookingThere are thousands of oil millers and vegetable oil refiners in small and medium scale who are not equipped for fortification of oil with ...
22 Jan, 2015, 10.17 PM IST
- It's a Vit-A splash in the pan
After adding vitamin A to atta, breakfast cereals, milk and jams, do we really need more of it while frying puris? Pushed by drug companies...
10 Oct, 2002, 02.19 AM IST