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'.
Chinese milk and milk products were found to have high content of melamine.
The Comptroller and Auditor General in 2012-13 had made certain observation in a report and 'we are improving it', he said.
Nestle is sure to go for a relaunch of the noodles soon enough with an advertising blitz,
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.
ITC has provided retailers with leaflets to assure customers of Yippee noodle's quality and safety standards
Nestle India on Monday said it has started production of Maggi noodles from its fourth plant at Pantnagar in Uttarakhand.
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.
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
India consistently ranked among the top three countries whose products were rejected for import by the regulator.
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.
As controversy plagues foods again, brandification will bridge the trust deficit, critical for stakeholders.
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 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 fatality rate is down to 3.1 per cent and the recovery rate has improved to 37.5 per cent, he said.
FSSAI will put the draft guidelines in front of a seven-member expert committee.
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.
2015 is finally coming to an end, and it is that time of the year when we collectively reflect on all that has transpired in Indian politics during the last 12 months.
The court had provided a conditional relief to Nestle India.
Maggi has also come on the radar of US Food and Drug Administration.
Maggi ban: SC orders fresh testing at Mysore lab.
60,000 Maggi kits sold out in 5 minutes on Snapdeal!
Brand ambassadors and their lackeys are busy opposing the idea of being held accountable, even though they are ready to take all the money, says Sunita Narain.
Pointing at regulation of environment sector as a case in point, Goyal said the sector suffered due to "over regulation as regulators are not able to justify many decisions"
Nestle India currently exports Maggi noodles to Canada, UK, Singapore and Kenya and to third parties in the US, Australia and New Zealand
The Maggi controversy is likely to be a stepping stone in the evolution of country's packaged and processed food industry.
The company is listed among the top suppliers of food and beverage products for people in Chennai
During the day, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan held a meeting to review preparedness for COVID-19 management, through video conference with health ministers, chief secretaries of all states and UTs, central ministers and representatives from the related organisations and stressed on the need for keeping testing and quarantine facilities, isolation wards, and labs in active readiness.
There were 52 launches during January-June 2015, compared with 29 in the year-ago period and 32 in 2013.
