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.
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.
The target is to skill as many vendors as possible while this festival is on and ensures their certification so that they have recognition by industry and government, and also are acknowledged by FSSAI.\r\n