The meeting was focused on sensitising the ecosystem regarding the perishable high risk edibles to ensure safe food throughout the touch points including manufacturing, storage, distribution and point of sale to the consumer. In view of the upcoming festive season, FSSAI convened a meeting with Indian Sweets manufacturers on September 25 to emphasise on the …
“Recently, there have been fears about the quality and safety of food prepared in the restaurants. As a preventive measure, we have been carrying out the inspections. VIRUDHUNAGAR/RAMANATHAPURAM: Officials from the Food Safety Department held an inspection in 67 restaurants in Virudhunagar district recently and seized around 65 kg of stale meat from 11 restaurants. The …
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Five outlets were fined ₹ 1,000 each for lack of hygiene and one outlet was fined ₹ 2,000 for use of banned preservative. The Food Safety Department on Tuesday carried out raids on shawarma outlets in Tiruppur district and confiscated 16 kg of contaminated chicken and 3.5 kg of rotten fish from some of the …
The exercise will continue till October, and the regulator is expected to submit its report to the health ministry by December, FSSAI Advisor (Quality Assurance) Satyen K Panda said The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has started a nationwide surveillance study on milk and milk products this month, in a bid to …
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Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the country’s apex food regulator, has taken stern action against Food Business Operators (FBOs) found to be violating food safety laws. According to the records, 1,411 prosecution cases have been initiated against FBOs found violating the provisions of the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act, 2006 since …
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A month after a customer at a city hotel spotted a dead mouse in a chicken dish, the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) in Mumbai exposed glaring violations in 68 hotels it inspected in the first 12 days of September. Nearly every hotel from among the 68 surveyed by the FDA failed to meet established …
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Hyderabad: A customer in Hyderabad, Vinay Vangala, found a fly baked into his packet of Osmania biscuits on Saturday. He had consumed nearly half of the packet when he found the fly. Vangala lodged a formal complaint with the local food inspector and the food safety commissioner. “Both authorities assured me that they would investigate …
Packaged whole wheat flour from Aashirvaad contains plastic, as evidenced by kitchen experiments showing the dough gaining an elastic and sticky consistency. The FSSAI in the myth busters section on its website stated, “Wheat flour naturally contains 2 proteins – Glutenin – for elasticity & Gliadin- for raising of dough. In the presence of water, these 2 …
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Food regulator FSSAI on Thursday said a central advisory committee has recommended that licenses to food business operators (FBOs) can be issued for up to five years instead of one year. At the 41st meeting of the Central Advisory Committee (CAC) held on Thursday at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) CEO G …
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The food regulator says single malt whiskey will be the one made from only malted barley, in a still pot, at a single distillery. The new whisky norms will be implemented from March 1, 2024. Liquor brands that sell other drinks in the name of whisky should beware of their malpractice now as the FSSAI …
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