Traditional Indian sweets have lost their popularity as a Diwali gifting option and have been replaced by bakery products like biscuits, cakes, fancy cookies, doughnuts, and pastries. The trend has changed because each year stories are reported in newspapers about sweet shops being raided by food safety officers because of selling adulterated sweets. To avoid […]
Archives for October 2018
FSSAI Advises Special Drive to Ensure Safe Milk and Milk Products during Festivals
Through a letter dated 16 October 2018, the FSSAI has asked the all Food Safety Officers and Designated Officers in the States and Union Territories to take up special surveillance drives for milk and milk products. Milk, khoya/khoa, paneer, dahi, and ghee must be specially surveyed for their microbiological quality as well as for the […]
Food Industry This Week – New Product Launches
Online Food Platforms delist About 10,000 Restaurants Zomato, Swiggy, Foodpanda and Uber Eats have delisted more than 10,000 food business operators and restaurateurs after Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) asked the e-commerce food platforms to provide updates on the compliance of licensing and registration rules by these entities. FSSAI has reviewed the […]