Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Pune: Food safety norms will now be implemented in six cantonment areas in Maharashtra including three in Pune and one each in Nashik, Ahmednagar and Aurangabad that come under the Union government’s jurisdiction. State government officials have been asked to oversee the work in these areas. Though standards and guidelines …
Notification No. S.O.1519(E) dated 23rd August, 2007 is kept in abeyance for a period of six months i.e. upto 31st March, 2014 or until issue of further notification by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare regarding regulation of GM processed foods by the Food Safety and Standards Authority, whichever …
Companies such as HUL, Nestle, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and Dabur argue there can't be any such category Fast food-burgers Even as the Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) attempts to put in place a final set of guidelines on healthy food in educational institutions, top packaged food & beverage …
Minutes of the Meeting of the Expert Group on guidelines for making available quality and safe food in schools. It was decided to constitute the Working Group from the members of the Expert Group to review the draft guidelines under the chairpersonship of Dr. Sunita Narain.
FSSAI will put the draft guidelines in front of a seven-member expert committee Fast food-burgers In what would alter the consumption pattern of products such as burgers, pizzas, sandwiches, snack foods and soft drinks in schools, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is putting in place final …
They were operating without licence or product approval The Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administration Department (Food Safety Wing), Coimbatore Unit, on Wednesday issued closure notices to three flavoured water manufacturing units here for operating without licence or product approval. The action follows an instruction, issued on Monday, by …
The Delhi High Court has allowed the Central government more time to create guidelines on regulating sale of junk food and aerated drinks in and around schools, accepting a plea for the examination of the recently formulated draft guidelines by an expert committee. During a hearing before the High Court …
Food safety regulator FSSAI will put the draft guidelines framed by it in front of a seven-member expert committee. The final guidelines will be out post that In a move that will alter the consumption of products such as burgers, pizzas, sandwiches, snack foods and soft drinks in schools, the …
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued notice to nine packaged drinking water units in the district asking them to stop production within seven days or face closure. This comes in the wake of the direction from the National Green Tribunal that ordered the closure of …
Order of the High Court of Delhi in the matter of Uday Foundation For Congenital Defects And Rare Blood Groups Vs Union of India & Others dated 04/09/2013 regarding regulating sale of junk food not only within the precincts of the school but even within a distance of 500 meters …
A Rs 20-meal can yield up to 1,000 calories; but hygiene remains big concern The first-ever audit of street food by India’s apex food regulator has shown that it is easy to get nutrition worth a full meal from a street food serving worth just Rs 20. The Food Safety …
Naina packaged drinking water, manufactured by Shri Sai Mineral Corporation, located at Mehlan village in Sunam tehsil in the district, has been tested unsafe for human consumption for the second time in the past eight months. The sample collected on August 2 by district health authorities was tested by the …
Sale of junk food in school canteens across the country is likely to be banned soon. In its draft guidelines submitted to the Delhi high court to regulate the sale of junk food and aerated drinks in and around schools, the Centre has said that to begin with, the schools …
Review of the Midday Meal (MDM) scheme on Wednesday turned into a free discussion on some important decisions to strengthen the quality and hygiene aspect of the programme. It was decided that MDM would follow the guidelines of Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI). Established under Food Safety …
The Centre was on Wednesday given a 10-day deadline by the Delhi High Court to come out with detailed guidelines for regulating sale of junk food and aerated drinks on and around school premises in the country. “No further extension will be given,” a bench headed by Acting Chief Justice …
Pune: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the national food regulatory body, has issued an advisory following the outbreak of salmonellosis, a food-borne bacterial infection, in the US and New Zealand. Use of Tahini sesame paste from Turkey in food preparations has been found to be the …
Health authorities to initiate legal action against Sangrur shopkeepers A large number of powdered food supplements, promising rapid body growth, are being sold in every part of the state. The district health authorities recently collected six samples of such products procured from shops situated at Sunam, Dhuri and Dirba in …
If you think packaged water is safe to consume, think again!. Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has raised suspicions on the quality of bottled water being sold in the market and asked the apex food regulator to determine the chemical content of bottled water and report back to him in …
Suffering staff crunch, officials try to meet February 2014 deadline for registrations With a 60 per cent shortage in the number of food safety officers, implementation of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2011, has become a problem in Karnataka. Unable to meet the targets of registrations of and issuance …
