FSSAI has cautioned all e-commerce Food Business Operators (FBOs) that the incorrect labeling could potentially mislead consumers.
The IT Ministry said that the FSSAI has pointed out instances where the internet platforms had been used to spread misinformation about food quality.
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India will soon come up with new regulation on food packaging.
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The move is taken in order to strengthen the food safety surveillance system in India.
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Directing the vendors to stop giving food items like 'vada pav', 'poha', sweets, and others wrapped in newspapers to customers,…
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Front of Package labels seek to provide simple nutrition information in a more accessible location instead on the back or side of packages.
Pawan Agarwal, who was recently appointed as special secretary logistics, after a brief stint as consumers affairs secretary, moved out of the role earlier this year.
FSSAI has issued a direction in this regard after reports of instances of sale of stale/expired sweets to consumers posing potential health hazards.
FSSAI is also in the process of forming guidelines to implement the rating system.
Under the new standards, sharbat shall contain a minimum of 25% of juice or an extract of fruit, vegetable, nut, herb, flower, spice, alone or in combination.
The new set of labelling norms will be fully in place in six months.
FSSAI shared that regular beer or lager should be free of yeast while draught beer should have yeast content of at most 40 CFU (colony-forming units).
In a gazette notification in 2018, FSSAI had said that regular beer or lager should be free of yeast while draught beer should have yeast content of at most 40 CFU (colony-forming units).
The collaboration was confirmed during the Association of Analytical Communities (AOAC) - India chapter conference between Thermo Fisher Scientific and FSSAI.
As a prominent food safety conference, it brought together nearly 300 analytical professionals, including top government food safety regulators, eminent scientists, academicians, industry partners, laboratory owners, researchers and students.
The Zomato authorities have been given seven days time to provide the details sought by FSSAI.
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