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.
Chinese companies have 'designed' the sugar syrup which is used to adulterate honey so that it can pass Indian laboratory tests, reveals Sunita Narain.
Complan and Horlicks, which claim to make kids taller in India, do not make any such claims in the UK
While one of the chemicals is a category 2B carcinogen, the other could trigger thyroid disorders but India has not banned their use
As many as 11 industry bodies related to food and pharma sectors on Thursday alleged that the food regulator FSSAI has become "den of corruption" and demanded a CBI inquiry into the functioning of the authority, which shot to limelight over the Maggi issue.
Ash content is now allowed up to 1%, the new notification has proposed to increase it to 2% for seasonings or tastemakers.
The Comptroller and Auditor General in 2012-13 had made certain observation in a report and 'we are improving it', he said.
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry denied having imposed any blanket ban on the import of food products from Japan even as it has imposed some strict measures.
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.
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Saturday put up a brave face, saying it has not flouted any FSSAI norms.
The food companies will need to declare nutritional information such as calories (energy), saturated fat, trans-fat, added sugar and sodium per serve on the front of the pack.
Caffeine levels in energy drinks cause of new discord.
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'.
Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved Ltd has been served notice by the government for violating food safety norms in manufacturing atta noodles
Chinese milk and milk products were found to have high content of melamine.
The regional players are outrightly opposed to the idea, while MNCs are looking for procedural changes that, they say, will align the labelling criteria with global practices.
Other noodle, pasta brands in scanner after Maggi.
The Centre for Science and Environment had claimed that the bread samples of top brands in Delhi contained cancer-causing chemicals -- potassium bromate and potassium iodate.
The Bombay High Court had revoked the ban on Maggi on October 19 paving the way for it to be back on shelves.
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 stated its products have been found to be in compliance with all food safety regulations.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that no "objectionable material" was found in Maggi noodles in the state after laboratory tests were conducted and hence no action was taken.
The government on Monday banned use of potassium bromate as a food additive following a CSE study that found its presence in bread as causing cancer.
The development is significant for Nestle since arguments in the Bombay High Court over testing and sampling went in the company's favour, too.
Some packaged food makers have welcomed the move.
The matter is now expected to be raised with the PMO.
The fatality rate is down to 3.1 per cent and the recovery rate has improved to 37.5 per cent, he said.
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
In fresh troubles for Nestle over safety standards of its famous Maggi noodle brand, the Uttrakhand Food Safety Department has collected samples of the 'two-minute' noodles from the company's Pantanagar plant and other places in the state.
Uttar Pradesh Food and Drug Authority (FDA) says it has found excess lead in the Yippee noodles of domestic giant ITC.
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.
Foods contaminated by newspaper ink raise serious health concerns since the ink contains multiple bioactive materials with known negative health effects, the advisory said.
The new norms would clearly set the permissible limits of monosodium glutamate.
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.
The SC bench said the report of CFTRI, where the samples of Maggi noodles were tested following earlier orders of the court, will form the basis for the proceedings before the NCDRC.
Around 11,500 ingredients have been put on the website for the public opinion.
The bone of contention is product approvals, which pharma and neutraceuticals companies say cannot be re-introduced through the regulation route
Nestle India Ltd submitted to BSE a copy of the press statement.
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