UP Wage Revamp 2025: “Will Your Pay Check Get a Boost?”
UP has Revised VDA & minimum wages for various scheduled employments with effect from April 1, 2025, applicable to workers employed in 74 scheduled employments
FSSAI Amends Packaging Regulations On Recycled PET in Food Packaging
Products made of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) may be used for packaging, storing, carrying or dispensing of food products as and when standards and guidelines are notified by the Food Authority and such packaging materials shall comply with national standards or regulations as applicable to such materials.
Government Orders Sugar Mills to Maintain Stock Levels
The Indian government has issued an order mandating sugar mills operating through the vacuum pan process to maintain specific white/refined sugar stock levels tentatively until April 30, 2025. The order includes a table detailing the specific release quotas for each sugar mill, identified by plant code and name.
Sugar Mills Get Fourth Round of Export Quota Reallocation
The DFPD has examined requests from sugar mills, along with agreements for the exchange of export and domestic quotas. Based on these requests, additional export quantities have been allocated, and domestic quotas have been adjusted accordingly, as detailed in the attached Annexure.
NIFTEM Kundli Recognized as National Reference Laboratory for Fortified Foods
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has officially recognized the National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) in Kundli, Haryana, as a National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for fortified foods. NIFTEM Kundli, located in Sector 56, Sonipat, Haryana, will now serve as a key national reference point for all matters related to the testing and analysis of fortified foods.
Four Food Testing Labs Suspended by FSSAI for Six Months
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has taken strict action against four food testing laboratories, suspending their operations for a period of six months with immediate effect. This decision comes as per Regulation 10(2) read with clause (iii) of Regulation 10(1) of the Food Safety and Standards (Recognition and Notification of Laboratories) Regulations, 2018.
Government to Establish 100 New Food Testing Labs to Boost Food Safety Nationwide
The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOFPI) will financially support the establishment of 100 new National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL)-accredited food testing laboratories in the upcoming financial year 2025-26. The announcement was made on March 22, 2025 by the Union Minister of State for Railways and Food Processing Industries.
FSSAI Intensifies Efforts to Ensure Safe and Wholesome Food for Consumers
As per the Food Safety and Standards (Licensing and Registration of Food Businesses) Regulation, 2011, adherence to Sanitary and Hygienic requirements, based on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Good Hygienic Practices (GHP), is mandatory for all licensed Food Business Operators (FBOs). Violations of these requirements can lead to punitive action under the FSS Act, 2006.
FSSAI Releases List of Recognized Food Testing Laboratories with Accreditation Validity
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a public notice providing an updated list of recognized food testing laboratories. This list includes the validity of their National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) accreditation as of March 18, 2025.
FSSAI Clarifies Testing Standards for In-Shell Nuts in Notified Labs
All FSSAI-notified food testing laboratories are instructed to test all in-shell nut products solely against the standards for dry fruits and nuts outlined in sub-regulation 2.3.47 (5) of the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011.
