Tag: Food Safety

New food standards to come into force from today: FSSAI

FSSAI has said microbiological standards for fruit and vegetables and their products, as also tolerance limit of antibiotics and pharmacology active substances, will come into force on Tuesday

January 1, 2019

Punjab: After FDA raids, rise in applications for FBO licenses

Pannu informed that 4518 applications for licence or registration as an FBO have been received by the department just in a month.

September 14, 2018

Punjab FDA warns against mustard oil adulteration

Taking a serious view of sale of adulterated mustard oil in Punjab, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), commissioner KS Pannu on Monday warned strong legal action against those indulging in adulteration. He said that cheap palm oil and crude rice bran oil, as well as crude soybean oil, are being mixed with mustard oil by …

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September 11, 2018

Drive to seize spurious milk products continues

A day after huge quantities of spurious milk and milk products were seized in Patiala, Moga and Sangrur, Punjab government’s Food Safety team on Friday continued to seize huge amount of spurious products with seizure of over three quintals of paneer (cheese) in Ludhiana. This was after working on a tip off, Food Safety Team …

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August 18, 2018

Carcass meat row: KMC conducts high-level meeting

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Thursday conducted a high-level meeting wherein a series of measures have been taken in relation to the carcass meat controversy. The KMC, post dead meat controversy, has been carrying out several food safety drives in the city wherein the food safety officers are raiding restaurants and roadside shops, picking …

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May 11, 2018

Food safety offenders to be booked under IPC

Food safety offenders will now be booked under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) with criminal charges while Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will continue to conduct food safety drives in collaboration with the Enforcement Branch (EB) and state police. The KMC health department on Thursday held meeting with state police and food safety officers in a …

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March 1, 2018

FSSAI urges states to use its book on eating right in schools

Food regulator FSSAI has urged the states and Union territories to advise their school education boards to use the ‘Yellow Book’, aimed at children detailing how to eat right, in school curriculum. The book was brought out by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) in September last year, and has been launched …

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January 9, 2018

IGNOU to offer courses in food safety

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will offer a food safety training and certification course by food safety regulator FSSAI, the varsity announced on Thursday. The government recognised institution has partnered with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) for this. According to the agreement, the university will conduct ‘Food Safety Supervisor’ …

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December 15, 2017