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  • Gujarat Govt Lacks the Technical Capability to Verify ‘veg’ Label on Food: HC

    Gujarat Govt Lacks the Technical Capability to Verify ‘veg’ Label on Food: HC0

    Key Update Shri Mumbai Jeevdaya Mandli told the Gujarat High Court that the Gujarat government had not established any facility to verify whether the green dot on food packets accurately indicates vegetarian content. The petitioner also noted that the authorities had yet to establish even the basic criteria for standard procedures to test food products.

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  • How Does Telemedicine Work?

    How Does Telemedicine Work?0

    Scientists 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, or Band-Aids – delivered to your doorstep. With telemedicine, technology can save you from sitting for

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  • Needle In The Meat Stack

    Needle In The Meat Stack0

    This 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 involves the imported frozen meat products sector. The Incident This happened at a company where I worked a few years ago. Our canteen hosted a lavish

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  • Salmonella In Baby Food

    Salmonella In Baby Food0

    This Article is written by a Food Quality Controller at VManifest A Food Safety Incident in Baby Food Testing Here is a memorable incident from my career at a food testing laboratory. I was working as the microbiology laboratory in-charge when we received a baby food sample from a manufacturer for quality analysis. The requested tests covered

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  • Charged Above MRP? Know Your Consumer Rights

    Charged Above MRP? Know Your Consumer Rights0

      The next time a retailer overcharges you for essential food items, you can challenge the practice and seek appropriate redressal. For instance, charging a customer just ₹4 extra for a cold drink bottle above its Maximum Retail Price (MRP), citing “cooling charges”, cost a Bengaluru bakery owner dearly. The Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum directed

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  • The Restaurant Industry in India

    The Restaurant Industry in India1

    The 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

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  • Are The Spices Used In Your Cooking Adulterated?

    Are The Spices Used In Your Cooking Adulterated?0

    Adulteration 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

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  • Food Regulations—What is the Current Scenario in India?

    Food Regulations—What is the Current Scenario in India?0

    In 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

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  • Packaged Honey may Contain More Than 50% Synthetic Sugar Syrup!

    Packaged Honey may Contain More Than 50% Synthetic Sugar Syrup!0

    Have 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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