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Assam Food Safety Department cracks down on Carbide-laden fruits
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Continuing its drive against carbide-laden fruits the Food Safety department of Assam conducted a drive at Fancy Bazar area in Guwahati and seized a large quantity of mangoes containing carbide.
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FSSAI clears Indian spices of ethylene oxide contamination in nationwide t
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The investigation was triggered after the Hong Kong Food Authority recalled certain spice products from M/s Mahashian Di Hatti Pvt Ltd (MDH) and M/s Everest Food Products Pvt Ltd (Everest) due to ETO levels exceeding permissible limits.
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FSSAI-marked cow urine circulated on social media platforms is fake: PIB F
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
An image circulating on WhatsApp that claimed that India's food safety regulator Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) marked cow urine is being bottled and sold in the market is fake, PIB Fact Check has clarified in a post on X.
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FSSAI alerts traders to ensure compliance with prohibition of calcium carb
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has alerted traders, fruits handlers and Food Business Operators (FBOs), who are operating ripening chambers to strictly ensure compliance with the prohibition on Calcium Carbide for artificial ripening of fruits, particularly during t
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SC notice to Centre, FSSAI on plea raising concern on overuse of pesticide
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The Supreme Court has sought a response from the Centre and Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on a plea raising concern over the use and overuse of pesticides and other chemical insecticides on food crops and food items.
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FSSAI suspends assistant director who was arrested by CBI in bribery case
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has suspended with immediate effect from the date of detention of its assistant director who was arrested by the CBI on May 5, 2024, in Mumbai, sources said.
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CBI arrests four people, including FSSAI assistant director, in bribery ca
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested four people in connection with a case involving the demand and acceptance of a bribe of Rs 1.20 lakh in exchange for the payment of outstanding bills from the aforementioned private company, an official release said.
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Reports claiming high pesticide residue on Indian herbs, spices "false and
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Terming the reports "false and malicious", the food safety regulator, through a press note, asserted that India has one of the most stringent standards of Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) in the world and MRLs of pesticides are fixed differently for different food commodities based on their
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Unlocking India's Regulatory Landscape: FIFI Collaborates with DAHD and FS
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26: The Forum of Indian Food Importers (FIFI), convened a significant regulatory session in collaboration with the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD) and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). This initiative came into being on the
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Food regulator FSSAI will test MDH and Everest spices, banned recently in
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Top government sources told ANI that FSSAI Team is inspecting and lifting samples from major manufacturing units today, "our units are going to some other spice manufacturing units also."
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NCPCR urges FSSAI to review sugar content in Nestle's infant products
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has urged the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to conduct a thorough review of the concerns regarding the sugar content in infant food products products manufactured by Nestle.
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FSSAI examining charges against Nestle on adding sugar in baby foods: Govt
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The investigation done by Public Eye, a Swiss investigative organisation reveals that despite stringent guidelines by the World Health Organization's (WHO) banning added sugars in baby food products, Nestle's baby food product Cerelac has been found to contain an average of nearly 3 grams of
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