Considering the growth of e-commerce in the Food Sector FSSAI has advised food business operators to ensure the safety, quality, and authenticity of food products being sold online. Compliance also fosters transparency and trust, ensuring that customers receive safe and…
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The Indian food industry is among the largest in the world in terms of growth, production, consumption and exports. It is among the highest employment generating sectors of the country and significantly contributes to the country’s export earnings. With progressive…
FSSAI – the Indian food regulator said there are 32 new cases where food business operators (FBOs) have been prima-facie found in violation of misleading advertisements and claims. FSSAI has referred the matter to licensing authorities concerned to issue notices…
FOSCOS is a comprehensive system for the registration and licensing of FBOs. In its endeavour of supporting ease of doing business in procuring licenses/ registration by Food Business Operators (FBOs), the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has…
FSSAI – Food safety regulator of India has revised its order and allowed the use of regional names in printed labels of curd packets amid political controversy in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Read: February 2023 Issue of Food InfoTech Magazine. The…
Food business operators in India, led by CAIT, have written to the Union Health Minister asking for a review of the draft regulations for front-of-the-pack labelling (FOPL) that prescribe Health Star ratings for food products based on content, primarily, salt,…
FBOs or the Food Business Operators have been unhappy with the Front of Pack Labelling regulations, proposed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India. The recent norms on front of pack labelling have attracted criticism from food traders,…
Food Regulator FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) has suspended licences of as many as 15 food business operators for not complying with its regulations related to display of nutritional value in their menus. Read: August 2022 Issue of…
FSSAI – Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has decided to do away with the requirement for imported food consignments of blended edible vegetable oil products to carry AGMARK certification – as per the report published in TheHinduBusinessLine. Read: August…
Indian Food regulator FSSAI has launched a nation-wide campaign from 1st August to 14th August to check adulteration in edible oils, the presence of trans-fatty acids in hydrogenated oils and to crack down on the sale of loose edible oil…
Siegwerk has been the market leader for packaging inks for sensitive applications including Food, Pharma and Hygiene + Cosmetics. Siegwerk is committed to their vision of supplying the safest inks worldwide and as a responsible stakeholder of the packaging supply…
Indian Food Authority, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), has notified ‘Vegan Regulations’ in the official Gazette of India and asked food business operators (FBOs) involved in such products’ trade to comply. Read: May 2022 Issue of Food InfoTech…
FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) has instructed online food platforms like Swiggy and Zomato to ensure compliance of its regulations related to display of nutritional value by food service establishments from July 1. In a letter to…
Food Safety Department of Kerala in a bid to curb the production and sale of unhygienic and adulterated foods, has been conducting inspections on eateries all across the State. So far, more than 500 eateries have been inspected for unhygienic…
The FSSAI has issued an order outlining the procedures for enrolling non-food production (NFP) units in order to collect used cooking oil (UCO) from food businesses across India. The decision to allow such units was made in order to widen…