A huge stock of Maggi noodles was destroyed by Nestle after the ban was imposed by the food regulators.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has rejected product approval applications of Tata Starbucks, Kellogg and McCain due to lack of sufficient supporting documents for safety assessment.
The HC had earlier refused to grant relief to Nestle by rejecting its plea for stay of the orders of the food regulator banning nine variants of Maggi noodles.
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Saturday put up a brave face, saying it has not flouted any FSSAI norms.
Regulator's to-do list includes guidelines on traceability mechanism, food recall portal.
Maggi noodles was recalled in June because some states had found presence of MSG and excessive lead content in the samples.
With rising incomes, education, and health awareness in India, especially in the big cities, droves of people are saying no to sugar.
Ash content is now allowed up to 1%, the new notification has proposed to increase it to 2% for seasonings or tastemakers.
Countries that raised concerns about the quality of Indian spices have called for urgent attention and action, Delhi-based think tank Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) said on Wednesday. The stakes are high since India exported spices worth about $692.5 million to the United States (US), Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and Maldives in the financial year 2023-24 (FY24), it said. During FY24, India's spice exports were worth $4.25 billion, accounting for a 12 per cent share of the global spice exports.
The measures include operationalising of standards on food additives for use in various categories.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday received Bhutan's highest civilian award, the 'Order of the Druk Gyalpo', making him the first foreign Head of the Government to receive the honour.
Each bottle of pickle that leaves FarmDidi, headed to a consumer, has a little kahani behind it -- it's linked to the tale of a life, the life of a simple, striving village woman who created it, and that's what gives Manjari Sharma satisfaction and happiness.
Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved Ltd has been served notice by the government for violating food safety norms in manufacturing atta noodles
Health experts express concern about the unsupervised consumption of dietary supplements, warning poor-quality products can affect cardiovascular health and kidneys.
Some packaged food makers have welcomed the move.
In the letter to the Bihar CM, the Bharatiya Janata Party MP and rural development minister said, 'Things which have no connection with Islam are being Islamised. Some institutions have become self-proclaimed in giving halal certificate and are giving halal certificate to companies manufacturing goods by paying huge sums of money.'
The high court directed the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to issue a fresh communication to all the authorities concerned stating the obligation to make clear disclosure as to whether the food article is vegetarian or non-vegetarian.
Zomato said late on Friday that it was pushing the implementation of the new food quality policy to May 3 from April 18.
These organisations said their campaign will continue till the display of such certification on their products are banned.
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The matter is now expected to be raised with the PMO.
Comments are being sought on this draft.
Regulator's nod assumed more importance after the Maggi issue.
The present ruling also has a bearing on Nestle's Maggi noodles.
The FSSAI said Patanjali noodles, from the stable of entities owned by yoga guru Ramdev, had not been approved.
Nestle refused to regret the mistake in a public statement.
While one of the chemicals is a category 2B carcinogen, the other could trigger thyroid disorders but India has not banned their use
Celebrities endorsing Maggi can face action If Maggi is tested of high content of MSG.
Use of non-vegetarian ingredients and labelling them vegetarian would offend religious and cultural sentiments of strict vegetarians and interfere in their right to freely profess their religion, the Delhi high court has said.
The FSSAI issued an order to test more brands of noodles, pastas.
This time food regulators found excess presence of ash content in Maggi
The court was hearing a petition filed by Nestle India.
Around 11,500 ingredients have been put on the website for the public opinion.
Chinese companies have 'designed' the sugar syrup which is used to adulterate honey so that it can pass Indian laboratory tests, reveals Sunita Narain.
While FSSAI announced it would ban bromates in breads, it proposes to allow the very same in drinking water
Recent data on the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India show its commendable performance. But there is an urgent need to address certain issues related to the way it functions and its infrastructure, says A K Bhattacharya.
Maggi will not have it easy, all authorities train guns on the brand regarding food safety.
The new norms would clearly set the permissible limits of monosodium glutamate.
Other noodle, pasta brands in scanner after Maggi.
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