Shri Mumbai Jeevdaya Mandli asserted in the Gujarat high court that the Gujarat government has not mentioned any facility to ascertain whether the ‘green dot’ on a food packet guaranteeing vegetarian content is perfect. It was noted that even the basic criteria required for the standard procedure to test food items have not been fixed
READ MOREScientists have been merging healthcare with innovation for quite a long time now. Now, with a few clicks and taps, you can explore your signs and symptoms on the web. You can likewise have almost anything – medicines, glucometers, to Band-Aids – delivered to your doorstep. With telemedicine, technology can save you from sitting for
READ MOREThis article is written by a food safety officer at Vmanifest Private Limited Working in the food industry, I often come across sensitive and convoluted cases. One such incident probes a finger into the imported frozen meat products sector. The Incident This happened at a company I worked in a few years before. A
READ MOREThis Article is written by a Food Quality Controller at VManifest Here is a memorable incident that occurred in my career at a food testing laboratory. I was working as the In-charge of a microbiology lab, when a sample of baby food arrived for quality analysis from the manufacturers. The parameters were for both chemical and microbiology
READ MOREThe next time you find yourself overcharged for buying essential food items, you may be liable to receive a hefty compensation instead. Charging a customer just ₹4 extra above the Maximum Retail Price (MRP) of a cold drink bottle in the name of “cooling charges”, cost a Bengaluru bakery shop owner dearly as the Consumer
READ MOREThe Indian Restaurant Market is one of the fastest-growing in the world with 53,000 hotels and 70 lakh restaurants in the organised category. It is expected to reach INR 5.99 lakh crore by 2022-23, as per the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) report. A symbiotic growth between the food industry and the growing middle class
READ MOREAdulteration of the spices commonly available in the domestic market was detected by the Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR) at Kozhikode. After a decade of studies since 2010, the research team found that plant-based adulterants were found in spices such as black pepper, chilli and turmeric powder, cinnamon bark, and also in mace. The
READ MOREIn India, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is the apex food regulator. It is empowered by and functions under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. The FSSAI implements and enforces food regulations as prescribed in the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (FSS Act). The FSS Act
READ MOREHave you ever bought honey products pre-packaged by famous brands such as Dabur, Patanjali, Zandu, Hi-Honey, Apis-Himalaya, Dadav, Hitkari, Indigenous and Society Naturelle? If you have actually favored these brands, there would be cause for worry as food adulteration investigations done by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) based in New Delhi, found that
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