The regulator said that the use of newspaper for wrapping, packing and serving food is common practice in India. "However, this is a food safety hazards."
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has come out with draft guidelines for 'food business activities through e-commerce' after a meeting with the stakeholders in March.
FSSAI it stated that it will launch ten new initiatives that seek to connect people of all age groups for ensuring safe food through an integrated approach.
This step will also force the children to give away on food items that are most popular among them. The move comes in the wake of rising burden of diabetes and obesity among children and youngsters.
Instant noodles can be prepared from wheat flour and/or rice flour and/or flour of any other cereals, millets, legumes and water as the main ingredients, with or without addition of spices.
The three firms Pepsico, Coca Cola and Bisleri hold 60 per cent of the market share in packaged drinking water segment and rest is shared among the smaller brands.
According to CSE, potassium bromate typically increases dough strength, leads to higher rising and uniform finish to baked products while potassium iodate is a flour treatment agent.