The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has redefined “food grade packaging material” as essential for food safety, signaling a shift in regulatory focus. Announced on April 3, 2025, this update imposes stricter compliance requirements under the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging) Regulations, 2018. What’s New? Certificate of Conformity Requirement: All food packaging
READ MOREReport Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu announced on Saturday in Chandigarh, Punjab that the Ministry of Food Processing Industries will provide financial support to establish 100 new NABL-accredited food testing labs across India in the 2025-26 fiscal year. Inauguration of Food Testing Lab in Bathinda Bittu, who inaugurated a food testing laboratory at Maharaja Ranjit
READ MOREReport On February 7, 2025, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court dismissed a criminal case against Nestlé India Limited officials related to Maggi instant noodles. The Food Safety Officer had filed the case on April 4, 2016, and brought it before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate in Nagpur. Justice Urmila Joshi Phalke’s panel
READ MOREFSSAI Takes Action Against Unsafe Food Imports Virajpet MLA A. S. Ponnanna has instructed Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) officials in Kodagu district, Karnataka, to ban the sale of hazardous food products imported from Kerala. The move follows public complaints and media reports about substandard food entering Kodagu’s Kutta, Makutta, and Perumbadi
READ MOREOverview The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has launched FluoriPCR, a compact, affordable device poised to transform testing in health diagnostics and food safety. Developed by CSIR’s Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR) and Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI), FluoriPCR combines four essential testing tools in a portable format and costs just
READ MOREOn October 15, 2024, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued an important notice requiring all food testing labs to adopt specific test report formats. This update, which emphasizes the inclusion of the NABL (National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories) emblem, aligns with the Food Safety and Standards Rules, 2011,
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