Category: Food Safety Laws

The generic measures include simple public health measures that are to be followed to reduce the risk of COVID-19. These measures need to be observed by all (staff and patrons) in these places at all …

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The Non-GM origin cum GM free certificate issued by authorised regional government authorities are accepted and the digital signature of the above certificate shall be accepted.

FSSAI has advised all the NABL accredited and FSSAI laboratories including state food testing laboratories to include parameters of fortificant/micro nutrients in the scope of testing.

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has issued clarification on the exclusion of HFSS food from fortified processed foods category and the definition of HFSS foods shall have the same meaning as specified …

Read More "FSSAI has issued clarification on food safety and standards (Fortification of foods) first amendment regulations, 2020."

The central government has introduced a nationwide Farmers Database linked with land records for better planning, monitoring, policy making, strategy formulation and smooth implementation of schemes for farmers. a Unified Farmer Service Platform, a combination of Core Infrastructure, …

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The National Food Security Mission (NFSM) provides assistance to the farmers for purchase of pumps sets, water carrying pipes, sprinkler sets and mobile raingun through the State Governments/UTs. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) …

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India joins the club of around 40 countries globally that have already enacted regulations to limit the content of trans fats in all food items.

FSSAI has notified Authorised Officers to handle food import clearance at 150 food import entry points [covering 27 sea ports, 15 airports, 31 land customs stations (LCSs) and 77 inland container depots (ICDs)] as per …

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Any fresh application for FSSAI license by laboratories shall be provided through FSSAI-NABL integrated mode only.

Proposals from potential promoters / investors belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC) category for setting up of Agro Processing Clusters under the Scheme for Creation of Infrastructure for Agro Processing Clusters under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada …

Read More "Extension of date for proposals from promoters belonging to SC category for setting up of Agro Processing Clusters"