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These hacks by FSSAI will help you disinfect your kitchen easily!

Did you know that germs can quickly get from one surface to another in the kitchen? If they get into the food or even on your skin, they can make you ill in no time. Thus, it is crucial to keep the home and kitchen surfaces disinfected to limit the possibility of infection. Many people […]

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 […]

‘No-GM’ certificate mandatory for imported food crops from January

2021, importers of 24 major food crops will have to mandatorily declare that the products are not genetically-modified and that they also have a non-GM origin. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has come out with this order to ensure that only non-GM food crops come into the country. The 24 food crops […]

No sale of junk food within 50 metres of school campus: FSSAI

NEW DELHI: With the aim to ensure safe and wholesome food for schoolchildren, Arun Singhal, CEO of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, the country’s top food regulator, has restricted the sale of junk and unhealthy food in canteens of schools and other educational institutions. The food regulator has prohibited the sale and […]

FSSAI issues notification on Standards on Meat Products

FSSAI issues Notification on Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Fourth Amendment Regulations, 2020 relating to Canned or Retort Pouch Meat Products, Comminuted or Restructured Meat Products, Cured or Pickled and Cooked or Smoked Meat Products, or both, Dried or Dehydrated Meat Products, Cooked or Semi-Cooked Meat Products, Fresh or Chilled […]

FSSAI issues Notification on standards of Rice etc

FSSAI issues notification on Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Third Amendment Regulations, 2020 relating to standards of Rice, Chia Seeds, Gari (Cassava product), Edible Cassava Flour, Roasted Bengal Gram Flour -Chana Sattu, Ragi Flour, Almond Kernels, Coconut Milk Powder (Non Dairy), Mixed Masala Powder, Spice Oleoresins, Tejpat, Star Anise and […]

FSSAI issues notifications relating to Display of Information in Restaurants

Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) first amendment Regulations, 2020 Display of information in food service establishments.-  (1) Food Service Establishments having central license or outlets at ten or more locations shall mention the calorific value (in kcal per serving and serving size) against the food items displayed on the menu cards or boards […]