Health

India’s food regulator wants life imprisonment, Rs 10 lakh fine imposed for adulteration

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has recommended stringent punishment like life imprisonment, Rs 10 lakh fine for food adulteration to curb food adulteration following the S

Publication Date: 
27/06/2018
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Safety, Compensation, Food Process Industry, Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI), Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, Health Effects, Health
Health

Bihar wants ‘khaini’ covered under food safety Act

PATNA: The Bihar health department plans to write to the Union health ministry, requesting it to include ‘khaini’ as a food product under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.

Publication Date: 
08/06/2018
Times Of India (Patna)
Tags:
Bihar, Tobacco, Food Safety, Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare, Health
Health

Noida school canteens issued safety advisory

The Gautam Budh Nagar administration has issued stringent guidelines for the canteens running in various schools of the district on Thursday.

Publication Date: 
13/04/2018
Daily News Analysis (Delhi)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Gautam Budha Nagar, Food Safety, Child Health, Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, Food Security, Health
Health

Food safety department doing little to thwart big offences, says CAG

CHENNAI: Catching the small fry and letting go of the big fish has brought the state food safety department under the Comptroller and Auditor General of India's radar.

Publication Date: 
18/01/2018
Times Of India (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Food Safety, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Food Process Industry, Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, Health
Health

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Adulteration in Food Items, 22/12/2017

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Adulteration in Food Items, 22/12/2017. Cases of adulteration, including use of harmful chemicals in food items, do come to the notice of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) from time to time. The Food Safety Officers in the States/UTs take food samples on regular basis and send them for analysis in the food laboratories to check the compliance of the provisions of Food Safety

Publication Date: 
Friday, December 22, 2017
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Food Adulteration, Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, India, Statistics, Parliament
Food Policy

Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Performance Audit of Implementation of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006

The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 was enacted to consolidate multiple laws in the country relating to food safety, to establish a single point reference system, and to establish the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) for formulating science based standards for food and to regulate their manufacture, storage, distribution,

Publication Date: 
19/12/2017
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Tags:
Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, Food Safety, Food Standards, India, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG)
Health

Kolkata's raw food is loaded with toxic lead: GSI study

KOLKATA: From Tollygunge to Kidderpore and Gariahat to Amherst Street, every time you buy vegetables, fish, chicken or grocery from roadside markets, you are taking home dollops of heavy metal pois

Publication Date: 
23/10/2017
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Vegetables, Fish, Heavy Metals, Food Safety, Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, Lead, Health Effects, Health
Health

Directions under Section 16(5) of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 regarding operationalisation of amendment regulations regarding revised standards for milk and milk products and certain restriction on sale of cream

The country will get new national standards after 60 years that will standardise outdated benchmarks for determining adulteration. According to these revised standards introduced by top food regulator - Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) - fat content now ranges between 1.5% and 6%, down from a minimum of 3% before. The standards were revised because of the change in environmental conditions, quality of fodder, water that cattle consume.

Publication Date: 
02/08/2017
Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI)
Tags:
Milk, Milk Products, Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, Food Safety, Food Standards, India, Food Contamination, Food Additives
Health

375 cases registered under Food Safety Act

In all, 375 cases of the violation of the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 have been registered for selling food items not adhering to the required standards in the district.

Publication Date: 
21/07/2017
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Ludhiana (D), Food Safety, Health Care, Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, Health
Health

Seven months since FSSAI advisory, Karnataka yet to ban newspaper food packaging

BENGALURU: Foods contaminated by newspaper ink raise serious health concerns since printing ink, besides containing chemical contaminants, may have pathogenic microorganisms.

Publication Date: 
19/07/2017
New Indian Express (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Food Safety, Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI), Health Effects, Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, Health

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