The UK Food Standards Agency had asked for test reports from India.
Food regulator has closed more than 15 files.
Weak demand from the poultry sector has resulted in a sharp decline in feed prices too, with both soybean and maize prices falling by nearly 25 per cent in the past two months. The poultry market consumes around half of soybean and maize production in India.
Maharashtra's Food and Drugs Administration on Wednesday argued in the Bombay High Court that Nestle India.
Nestle India had re-launched Maggi earlier this month with a mandate of being safe for consumption amid much fanfare
Adulterated food can cause cancer, insomnia and other neurological problems, and adulteration is a growing concern across India
Complan and Horlicks, which claim to make kids taller in India, do not make any such claims in the UK
Food processing industry players are worried that this could have an impact on their overall investment plans.
The company spokesperson expressed disappointment with the "unprecedented step of filing of a complaint before the NCDRC"
The meetings were a sign of crisis management.
The Indian part of the Swiss group employs more than 5,000.
The ban will be in place for at least three months, according to an advisory issued by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), under the health and family welfare ministry.
The Comptroller and Auditor General in 2012-13 had made certain observation in a report and 'we are improving it', he said.
The government is in the process of finalising guidelines which have been drafted to deter the advertising industry from making unsubstantiated and misleading claims about their products.The guidelines are based on the recommendations of the committee set up by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India to investigate claims made by Hindustan Unilever Ltd about 'Kissan Amaze'.
Nestle is sure to go for a relaunch of the noodles soon enough with an advertising blitz,
Chinese milk and milk products were found to have high content of melamine.
Lack of clarity on whether manufacturing bans in Punjab, Uttarakhand, Himachal, Goa and Karnataka still in place
In a bid to reduce the risk of heart ailments from intake of trans fat (TFA) packaged foods, the government is mulling a cap of 10 per cent on TFA in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, an autonomous statutory body administered by the ministry of health and family welfare, has come up with a draft on this that it has presented to the stakeholders. It plans to introduce the cap by January 2010.
Nestle India on Monday said it has started production of Maggi noodles from its fourth plant at Pantnagar in Uttarakhand.
ITC has provided retailers with leaflets to assure customers of Yippee noodle's quality and safety standards
Government considering proposal to allow conversion of used cooking oil into biodiesel, say Shine Jacob and Shreya Jai.
ITC has stated its products have been found to be in compliance with all food safety regulations.
India consistently ranked among the top three countries whose products were rejected for import by the regulator.
After being hit by a recall order in India, Maggi Noodles has come under the scanner of Health Canada as the product imported into the country is being investigated by Canadian Food Inspection Authority.
This is second time in a month when a packaged food co has complained
The couple opened the package and saw live beetles inside the packet, which had a May 20, 2016 as the expiry date.
On June 5, FSSAI banned Maggi noodles.
Companies from Nestle and ITC to Hindustan Unilever and Patanjali have pledged to reduce use of unhealthy ingredients by five to 50 per cent
The fatality rate is down to 3.1 per cent and the recovery rate has improved to 37.5 per cent, he said.
As controversy plagues foods again, brandification will bridge the trust deficit, critical for stakeholders.
The ash content in Maggi Masala was found to be 1.85 per cent, which is higher than the permissible limit of one per cent.
Samples of Mother Dairy milk last week were found to be contaminated.
More than 10 states have imposed a ban on the sales of Maggi.
Nestle India Ltd submitted to BSE a copy of the press statement.
Patanjali will respond to the notices received from the two regulators shortly
The lawyer had urged the court to hear the matter urgently.
Goa on Sunday joined several other states in banning the sale of Nestle's instant noodle brand 'Maggi' which is at the centre of a raging nationwide row over food safety concerns.
In yet another blow for Nestle India, live larvae and worms have been found in their milk powder in Coimbatore.
FSSAI will put the draft guidelines in front of a seven-member expert committee.
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