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FSSAI interim relief to FBOs for use of Diatomaceous Earth in making honey

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has given interim relief to Food Business Operators involved in production & manufacturing of honey by allowing the use of Diatomaceous Earth as a processing aid for filtration of honey. Earlier, the FSSAI had ordered in July that Diatomaceous Earth was prohibited as processing aid. Now the […]

FSSAI asks civic bodies in NCT Delhi to stop issuing licences under PFA Act

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has written to all civic bodies in NCT Delhi to stop issuing licensing to the food businesses under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act. The Municipal Commissioners of all three Municipal Corporations of Delhi, New Delhi Municipal Corporation and Delhi Cantonment Board were asked not to carry […]

Colour-change sensor to detect packaged food spoilage

Food quality monitoring throughout the supply chain is critical to ensure global food safety and minimise food loss. Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers have designed a ‘Velcro-like’ food sensor, made from an array of silk microneedles, that pierces through plastic packaging to sample food for signs of spoilage and bacterial contamination. Once the design is […]

Urgent recall on popular health product sold at supermarkers

Woolworths supermarkets across the nation have been warned to pull a popular brand of protein powder from the shelves over fears it may contain dairy despite being marketed as vegan. Metro Food Co has recalled Keep it Cleaner’s 375g “vegan” plant-based chocolate protein powder due to the presence of an undeclared allergen, dairy, according to […]

Regulations To Fortify Processed Foods Soon: FSSAI

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India will soon be coming out with regulations to fortify processed foods including cereals, bakery products, buns, breads, biscuits, pasta, noodles, etc. Inoshi Sharma, Director, FSSAI said that an overview of the food safety is need of the hour and FSSAI is soon coming up with regulations on […]

GS1 Hong Kong Launches Quality Food Scheme+ to Boost Traceability, Food Safety Control and Management for Local Food Industry

HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 9 September 2020 – GS1 Hong Kong launches a brand new “Quality Food Scheme+” programme to encourage food & beverage enterprises to adopt more stringent measures in accordance with internationally accredited standards in terms of management, control and traceability, for example identifying critical control points along the food […]

USDA puts inspectors on egg “patrol” and gives egg producers more flexibility

The change by the Trump administration is intended to help egg producers recover from the losses they experienced during the pandemic. Production of egg substitutes, which previously were regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, will now fall under USDA oversight. Egg producers will be responsible for implementing plans for sanitation and food safety management […]

Rewards to rise for food safety tip-offs

Whistleblowers who alert authorities to food safety incidents will eligible for rewards of up to 500,000 yuan from October from the present maximum of 300,000 yuan, the city’s food watchdog announced on Wednesday. The rise is based on an amended version of the Shanghai food safety tip-off rewards rule which will be effective from October, […]

Preharvest Treatment Improves Tomato Food Safety

Initially researchers were going to study the use of a nonchlorine-based sanitizer made of two food additives approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration – levulinic acid and sodium dodecyl sulfate – as a postharvest wash solution. At the suggestion of a producer involved in the study – Bill Brim of Lewis Taylor Farms […]