Plant-based food cos urge FSSAI to ease ‘milk’ label rules
New Delhi: Plant Based Foods Industry Association (PBFIA) on Tuesday urged the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to ease restrictions on the use of the term “milk” on packaging. Speaking at a summit here, PBFIA Executive Director Sanjay Sethi requested the FSSAI to allow uniform nomenclature, despite the current “this is not dairy” disclaimer on cartons, a statement said. Sethi called for […]
Revolutionizing Indian Dairying: 10-Point Wishlist for India@2047
By popular demand, DairyNews7x7 proudly presents our inaugural feature on the Indian dairy sector! Delve into the critical issues demanding urgent attention from policymakers. With elections underway, it’s paramount that these key points resonate with all, shaping a formidable agenda for the incoming government to ensure the continual advancement of India’s dairy industry. Currently, India […]
Ramp up testing of food products: Delhi High Court to FSSAI
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday stressed the need to ramp up testing of food products in the national capital to ascertain their quality, saying the food cycle has become “corrupted” and being the apex body, the FSSAI needs to take steps to ensure that there is enough testing. “The FSSAI needs to ramp up […]
Delhi High Court: City Dairies Fail Statutory Compliance
Observing that “citizens are consuming” milk products “which may not be very safe”, the Delhi High Court Wednesday said it will set up a “pilot project” in Madanpur Khadar Dairy — one of the nine designated dairies in the city — to address issues such as the use of “spurious” banned drugs like Oxytocin which […]
Activists call out FSSAI for increasing permissible level of pesticides in Indian herbs, spices
Much to the outrage of activists and scientists, the Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) increased the maximum residue limit (MRL) of pesticides in herbs and spices by a whopping 10 times. The order dated April 8, 2024, revealed that the MRL of pesticides has increased substantially from 0.01 milligrammes per kilogramme (mg / […]
A scientifically-evolved and truly accountable FSSAI need of the hour
Nestle accused of varying levels of sugar content in products for India and European nations We can’t let the FSSAI to get away with it. There are 26 scientific committees that FSSAI has constituted for setting standards and yet if the norms are so relaxed it becomes obvious that the ‘conflict of interest’ is much […]
FSSAI to launch surveillance on fortified rice, dairy products and spices
After starting a probe into alleged violation of norms in branded spices, food regulator FSSAI plans to launch surveillance on other food items like fortified rice, dairy products and spices sold in the domestic market. According to sources, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is planning surveillance on food items like fruit […]
Nestle says added sugar levels in Cerelac below FSSAI standards
Nestle India on Monday said that its baby food brand Cerelac is in compliance with the country’s local food laws with “added sugar” levels being “much lower” than permissible upper limit set by the FSSAI. The company emphasised that the allegations of “racial stereotypes” made by Swiss NGO Public Eye’s report are “untrue”. The packaged […]
FIFI Collaborates with DAHD and FSSAI to Navigate Food and Agricultural Imports
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 context of FIFI organizing the largest U.S. Agricultural Trade Mission to India and offering an […]
Centre asks FSSAI to initiate action against Nestle after sugar content in Cerelac report
The Union Consumer Affairs Ministry has asked the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to initiate “appropriate action” against Nestle, which allegedly sells baby products with high sugar content in India, and not in European countries. According to a report by a Swiss NGO, Public Eye and International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), […]