Every year, India sees the launch of over 1,000 new retail brands, adding to millions of brands globally. Each brand, on average, creates approximately 1,000 new styles annually, with about 30 per cent of old stock often ending up as waste.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), in collaboration with the Food Safety and Drug Administration, government of Uttar Pradesh, has deployed 10 mobile food testing labs, along with food analysts to cater to the different sectors of the Maha Kumbh area in Prayagraj.
Food served at stations and other railway establishments is on its way towards becoming safer and healthier with Eastern Railway (ER) hosting a comprehensive Food Safety Training and Certification (FoSTaC) session on Saturday.
The session was aimed at fostering safe, healthy, and sustainable food practices.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has included packaged drinking water and mineral water under the “high risk” food categories.
As many as 533 consumer complaints were registered under the food and beverages category in the Consumer Commission during the past two years. The maximum number of these complaints, 112, were from Uttar Pradesh while from J&K, just one complaint was registered under this category, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
The direction was issued by FSSAI CEO G Kamala Vardhana Rao during a meeting with e-commerce FBOs to ensure safe food handling at every level.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has directed the States and Union Territories to ramp up surveillance at popular tourist destinations to ensure heightened safety standards in preparation for the peak tourist season from November through March.
Facing growing competition from Nepal tea in the Indian market, the Darjeeling Tea Association (DTA) has raised concerns over unchecked imports
The authority issued the notice to AR Dairy Food Private Limited, one of the suppliers of ghee to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) after the sample of the firm sent for testing to NDDB CALF Lab at Anand, Gujarat failed to meet the parameters, sources added.
