Category: Food Industry News

The guidelines clearly mention that placing of an order by a customer amount to his/her agreement to pay the prices displayed on the menu card along with the applicable taxes. Charging for anything other than …

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Rice fortification, a process of adding micronutrients like Iron, Folic Acid and Vitamin B12, is an effective, preventive and cost-efficient complementary strategy to address the challenge of anaemia.

The amendment provides that 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.

Alcoholic beverage shall not contain any nutritional information on the label except energy content in K.Cal Declaration related to energy content shall be voluntary.

The first action taken report shall be sent by 1st June, 2022.

Proteins and enzymes are allowed in manufacture of health supplements.

Food Business Operator may adopt the purity criteria for the ingredients as per the Food Safety and Standards Regulations or generally accepted by pharmacopoeias (namely, Indian Pharmacopoeia, Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India, British Pharmacopoeia, United States …

Read More "The Food Safety and Standards (Ayurveda Aahara) Regulations, 2022."

If the audit is not done for previous year, then an improvement notice may be issued by the CLA and if the TPA is pending only for the current year then a reminder may be …

Read More "FSSAI issues SOP for central licensing authority to review third party audit reports."

Food Safety and Standards Authority has clarified that Food Business Operators who has applied for modification of licenses granted in Food Licensing & Registration System can simultaneously file for renewal of license upon expiry of …

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All central licensed food manufacturers and processors under high risk food category as per the framework shall get its businesses audited by FSSAI recognized food safety auditing agency every year.