Hotels, restaurants, pubs under FSSAI's intense scrutiny over adulterated paneerFood regulator FSSAI has directed states to take strict action against eateries serving adulterated paneer, with potential license cancella...
16 Dec, 2025, 11.12 PM IST
Delhi HC refuses to allow firm to sell existing beverages stock with ORS labellingThe Delhi High Court refused to allow a company to sell its existing stock of electrolyte beverages labeled ORSL, citing misbranding and pu...
12 Nov, 2025, 06.29 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
HC seeks Centre's stand on plea over "misbranding" of Patanjali productThe Delhi High Court has asked the Centre to respond to a plea seeking action against Patanjali’s "Divya Dant Manjan" for misbranding it as...
30 Aug, 2024, 08.17 PM IST
Can cloud kitchens service multiple brands?E-commerce platforms are obliged to display the FSSAI license and registration number of the concerned entity on their platforms, a spokesp...
02 Sep, 2022, 09.32 AM IST
FSSAI asks industry to reduce level of unsafe food to less than 1% over next 4 yearsCiting a survey of one lakh samples of food conducted by enforcement officers over last years, FSSAI Chairman Pawan Kumar Aggarwal said, 3....
11 Dec, 2019, 02.59 PM IST
Is food you eat safe? Not enough people to checkOnly nine out of sanctioned 19 officers in Bengaluru to monitor food safety in 198 wards.
21 Nov, 2018, 10.58 AM IST
Patanjali fined Rs 11 lakh for misleading adsIn its order, Haridwar's additional district magistrate found the company guilty of "releasing misleading advertisements by selling certain...
15 Dec, 2016, 09.38 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
Maggi row: Claim from Nestle India can go beyond Rs 640 crore, says governmentThe govt said it is tabulating further damages to be sought, even as Nestle termed the class action suit as disappointing and an unpreceden...
12 Aug, 2015, 10.21 PM IST
Government damage claim from Nestle India can go beyond Rs 640 croreIn the petition, the ministry said it is in the process of "tabulating further damages" and will seek additional damages when further facts...
12 Aug, 2015, 03.39 PM IST
Over 12k samples found adulterated, misbranded in 2014-15: GovernmentTaking action in the matter, the authority lodged 1,989 criminal and 7,241 civil cases, Union Health Minister J P Nadda said.
21 Jul, 2015, 07.46 PM IST
Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan asks states to crack down on hoarding amid increasing pricesAt the meeting chaired by Paswan, a six-month action plan was chalked out to maintain supplies and check prices of pulses, edible oil, rice...
08 Jul, 2015, 05.28 AM IST
Fear of food inspectors eating up food industryThe consequence of the ban on Maggi in Gujarat has been that it has empowered dubious NGOs to "blackmail" the food industry.
04 Jul, 2015, 12.29 PM IST
Trouble mounts for Nestle's Maggi as Delhi, Indian Army ban it; other states order testsA fresh decision will be taken after 15 days after rechecking the new Maggi stocks in government labs, health minister Satyendra Jain said.
04 Jun, 2015, 09.14 AM IST
High lead levels found in Maggi noodles, Delhi mulling banA Delhi govt spokesman said 10 out of 13 samples tested for lead content in the popular food item were found to have amounts higher than pe...
03 Jun, 2015, 10.28 AM IST
Post Nestle's Maggi fiasco, food cos like PepsiCo, Parle, Yum! Brands play safe; highlight safety aspectThey are preparing to limit any collateral damage by declaring more ingredient details on packaging, highlighting product safety in ads.
03 Jun, 2015, 08.22 AM IST