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CSE recommends ban on celebs endorsing food in high salt, sugar, fat
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has recommended a complete ban on celebrities endorsing foods high in salt, sugar or fat.
Delivering her opening address at the briefing, Director General, CSE, Sunita Narain was quoted by PTI as saying,...
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FSSAI to revise food labelling norms, examine global models
Food Safety and Standards Authority (FSSAI) is revising food labelling norms and examining global models, its CEO Pawan Kumar Agarwal said.
"Our labelling provisions are currently under revision. We are looking at Codex norms. We are going beyond that to...
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FSSAI issues advisory against use of newspaper for food packaging
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Wrapping food items in newspaper is bad for your health as its ink has multiple bioactive materials with known negative health effects, FSSAI said on Friday.
"Wrapping food in newspapers is an unhealthy practice and the consumption of such food...
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FSSAI to review samples of milk, honey sold in the market
Food regulator FSSAI is collecting samples of milk and honey sold in the market to check quality of these two food items after it received consumer complaints, its CEO Pawan Kumar Agarwal said.
According to PTI report: The Food Safety...
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FSSAI's new rules will check health supplement mis-labelling
On Monday, Indian food safety watchdog FSSAI announced that health supplements cannot be sold as 'medicines' any more. New standards have been issued for manufacturers of health products to check mis-labelling.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)...
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FSSAI to simplify and streamline regulations for Foodservice industry
The Food Safety and Standards Authority (FSSAI) is planning to simplify and streamline regulations for the Foodservice industry and in this regard, the regulator is looking to take a number of major steps.
The key steps that the organisation is planning to...
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FSSAI launches Food Fortification Resource Centre
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The FSSAI on Thursday launched a Food Fortification Resource Centre (FFRC) to provide technical support advocacy and expertise in all aspects of food fortification during a special meeting, which was attended by Bill Gates.
In the meeting, the founder of...
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FSSAI in the process to set up food safety standards review panel
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said it is in the process of setting up a food safety standards review panel to identify gaps in the existing standards for safe and nutritious food against international standards.
"FSSAI...
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FSSAI to ensure safe and nutritious food; to notify standards for food supplements
Food regulator FSSAI will soon notify a new standards for food supplements as part of its efforts to ensure safe and nutritious food to the people.
According to a PTI report: Last year, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of...
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Food fortification a proven strategy to meet nutritional needs: Patel
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Food fortification is the proven and effective strategy to meet nutritional needs across various sections of the society, Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel said.
"Food fortification is a proven and effective strategy to meet the nutritional needs of...
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