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FSSAI Launches Food Safety Compliance System (FoSCoS)- Platform For Food Safety Compliance   In the FSSAI regulations, there are two categories of food products —standardized and non- standardized. The standardized food products are those food items for which standards are prescribed and do not require product approval before manufacture, distribution, sale, or import in India. […]

There has been a spate of changes in Food Safety and Standards Regulation in India in the last one year. A recent draft notification has been issued titled – Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulation, 2019. What are the key sections and factors incorporated in this draft? General Labelling Requirement List of ingredients […]

FSSAI is moving ahead with food safety for consumers on a war footing. Few weeks ago, FSSAI has proposed a draft notification on Labelling and Display  Of food products Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the draft amendments proposed by FSSAI to identify unhealthy products. CSE’s Director General Sunita Narain observes that it […]

Edible Common salt or white salt is  regularly consumed  by all of us As per FSSAI edible common salt means a crystalline solid, white, pale, pink or light grey in colour free from contamination. The need for mandatory iodization of common salt especially for direct human consumption was first declared in 1992 under the National […]

Food fortification also known as food enrichment is when nutrients are added to food at higher levels than what the original food provides. Fortification of processed staple foods is a simple, affordable and viable approach to reach large sections of a country’s population with iron, folic acid, and other essential micronutrients. On the 2nd August, […]