Drug regulator oversight sought for nutraceuticals; NGO flags quality, pricing concernsA Gujarat NGO is pushing the government to regulate nutraceuticals like medicines. They cite concerns about product quality and unregulated...
19 Apr, 2026, 11.15 AM IST
Chirag Paswan says India working with global bodies on nutraceutical regulationsIndia is actively working with international regulatory bodies, including Codex Alimentarius Commission, to develop essential regulations f...
17 Mar, 2026, 03.08 PM IST
India's food safety regulator working on stricter rules for health supplementsThe authority had received several complaints about many non-compliant health supplements being sold in the market, according to anofficial...
13 Mar, 2024, 12.54 AM IST
Govt panel to review if nutraceuticals should be brought under CDSCONutraceuticals are products derived from food sources that are believed to provide extra health benefits besides the basic nutritional valu...
18 Feb, 2024, 02.39 PM IST
Food products with health additives see uptick in demand as second COVID-19 wave surgesSince April 2020, the sector has seen a surge in demand for products including those related to digestive health, sleep and stress, said in...
03 May, 2021, 03.21 PM IST
Working to strengthen regulatory system for health supplement, nutraceutical sector: FSSAIFSSAI is gearing itself to strengthen the regulatory ecosystem through cross-border collaboration and learning from international best prac...
29 Jul, 2018, 04.16 PM IST
Open to changes in new standards for food supplements: FSSAIFSSAI CEO Pawan Kumar Agarwal expressed concern over the increasing number of spurious food supplement products in the market.
06 Jul, 2017, 03.36 PM IST
GST rate not fixed for food supplements yetLack from nutraceuticals’ categorisation under the GST could mean they are levied the top GST rate of 28%, up from 18-22% now.
17 Jun, 2017, 01.38 PM IST
New regulations for health supplements bring clarity: IDSAIt will now start granting licences and approve products based on the new standards.
28 Nov, 2016, 01.29 PM IST
Notification on manufacturing norms aimed to bring relief to nutraceutical companies: Pawan Agarwal, CEO, NSSAI"The intent of this notification was to give relief to those companies who were in the market before 2011 and who were facing problems with...
04 Apr, 2016, 11.38 AM IST
Nutraceuticals, food supplements no longer to be considered proprietary foods by FSSAIThe Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has amended regulations to fix loopholes in the definition of proprietary food.
27 Jan, 2016, 02.02 AM IST
FSSAI proposes banning health supplements sale as 'medicines'Clamping down on mis-labelling of 'health supplements', food safety regulator FSSAI proposed banning sale of these products as 'medicines'.
23 Jul, 2015, 11.32 PM IST
FSSAI should form rules for nutraceuticals, diet supplements: ASSOCHAM reportThe paper said about 60-70 per cent supplements in the market are fake such unregistered and unapproved products should be recalled.
22 Jul, 2015, 03.52 PM IST
Nutraceuticals industry in India to touch $6.1 billion by FY20The Indian nutraceuticals market is divided into functional food and beverages (68 per cent) and dietary supplements (32 per cent).
01 Feb, 2015, 12.10 PM IST
Nutraceuticals market may double in next five years: ResearchThe domestic nutraceutical market could have grown five-fold by 2020 since the beginning of the current decade with possible domination by ...
19 Aug, 2013, 06.13 PM IST
- Indian nutraceutical market to grow to $ 2,731 million in 2016
The Indian nutraceutical market valued at $ 1,480 million in 2011 could grow to $ 2,731 million in 2016, a report said today.
12 Jun, 2012, 07.24 PM IST
- India must tap nutraceuticals market: CFTRI chief
India must put in more effort to tap the $200 billion nutraceuticals, nutritional complements and supplements market, a top food technologi...
04 Aug, 2008, 10.32 PM IST