For some time now, there have been reports that fruits and vegetables that come into Kerala are laden with pesticides. Keeping FSSAI regulations in mind, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has now decided to take some serious steps to ensure that all food entering Kerala from the neighbouring states like Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and […]
Highlights of the FSSAI’s Fifteenth Authority Meeting
In a recent fifteenth Authority meeting held on 20th August 2014, FSSAI adopted the minutes of the 14th meeting with a few amendments in the ‘supplementary agenda’ as regards the use of lecithin and sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate in biscuits Other items approved in the Supplementary Agenda are Use of synthetic colour in thermally-processed bell pepper, okra […]