Pesticides And Toxins

Draft Guidance Document & Standard operating procedures for fixation of maximum residue limits (MRLs) of pesticides in food commodities

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on April 9, 2021 has issued Draft Guidance Document & Standard operating procedures for fixation of maximum residue limits (MRLs) of pesticides in food commodities.

Publication Date: 
09/04/2021
Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI)
Tags:
Maximum Residue Level (MRL), Pesticides, Pesticide Residues, Processed Foods, India
Health

Slowing down superbugs: legislation and antimicrobial resistance

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) can be described as the quintessential One Health issue: it involves humans, animals and the environment. It is also a multisectoral food safety problem whose effects transcend borders.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2021
FAO
Tags:
Antibiotics, Food Safety, Legislation, Maximum Residue Level (MRL)
Pesticides And Toxins

Gazette Notification on Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Amendment Regulation related to MRL of pesticide

The Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has proposed amending its regulations regarding the maximum residue levels (MRLs) for certain pesticides used in connection with food and food products.

Publication Date: 
24/12/2018
Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI)
Tags:
Maximum Residue Level (MRL), Pesticides, Pesticide Residues, Toxins, India
Pesticides And Toxins

Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Amendment Regulation related to MRL of pesticide

The following draft of certain regulations, further to amend the Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Regulations, 2011, which the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, with previous approval of the Central Government, proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (i) and (j) of sub-section (2)

Publication Date: 
27/12/2017
Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI)
Tags:
Maximum Residue Level (MRL), Pesticides, Pesticide Residues, Toxins, Food Safety, Food Contamination, Food Standards
Pesticides And Toxins

Trade and food standards

Participation in the development of international food standards for trade is essential if countries are to reap the benefits of booming global trade and prepare for imminent technological changes, according to a joint publication issued by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) on 12 July.

Publication Date: 
12/07/2017
FAO
Tags:
Trade, Food Standards, Food Safety, CODEX, India, Global, Developing Countries, Pesticide Residues, Maximum Residue Level (MRL)
Pesticides And Toxins

CSE recommendations on the FSSAI Draft Regulations for Insecticides and Antibiotics 

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had issued a notice in November 2015, calling for claims, suggestions, views, comments etc.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2017
Amit Khurana, Mouna Nagaraju
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Tags:
Insecticide, Antibiotics, Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), India, Maximum Residue Level (MRL), Fish
Pesticides And Toxins

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Adverse Effect of Insecticides, 26/04/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Adverse Effect of Insecticides, 26/04/2016. The Central Government monitors pesticides residues in various agricultural commodities etc. under the central scheme “Monitoring of Pesticides Residues at National Level” (MPRNL). The annual report of MPRNL for 2014-15 shows that 2.6 % of all samples of commodities contained pesticide residues above the Maximum Residues Limits (MRLs) fixed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.

Publication Date: 
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Insecticide, Pesticide Residues, Agriculture, Maximum Residue Level (MRL), India, Statistics, Parliament, Insecticides Act 1968
Pesticides And Toxins

Monitoring of pesticide residues at national level: annual progress report (April, 2014 - March, 2015)

During the year 2014-15, under the central sector scheme, “Monitoring of Pesticide Residues at National Level” sponsored by Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, samples of vegetables, fruits, spices, red chilli powder, curry leaves, rice, wheat, pulses, fish/marine, meat and

Publication Date: 
01/09/2015
Ministry of Agriculture
Tags:
Pesticide Residues, Vegetables, Maximum Residue Level (MRL), Spices, Fish, India, Pesticides, Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI), Food Safety
Health

Question raised in Lok Sabha on food safety, 24/07/2015

Question raised in Lok Sabha on food safety, 24/07/2015. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has fixed safety standards under the ‘Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Regulations, 2011 as amended from time to time. The Maximum Residual Levels (MRLs) of pesticides in fruits and vegetables have been specified in these standards.

Publication Date: 
Friday, July 24, 2015
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Food Safety, Food Standards, Pesticide Residues, Maximum Residue Level (MRL), Statistics, India, Parliament
Pesticides And Toxins

Monitoring of pesticide residues at national level: annual progress report (April, 2013 - March, 2014)

The Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture had started a central sector scheme, “Monitoring of Pesticide Residues at National Level” in food commodities and environmental samples during 2005-06 with the participation of various laboratories representing Ministry of Agriculture, Indian Council of Agriculture Research,

Publication Date: 
01/01/2015
Ministry of Agriculture
Tags:
Pesticide Residues, Vegetables, Food Crops, Maximum Residue Level (MRL), Spices, Milk, Fish, CODEX, India, Surface Water

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