The Food Safety and Standards (health Supplements, Nutraceuticals, Foods for Special Dietary Use, Food for Special medical Purpose, Functional Food and Novel Food) Regulations, 2016 allows the use of vitamins/ minerals only up to one RDA in health supplements and nutraceuticals. In view of the growing concern towards unsupervised usage of Health supplements and nutraceuticals […]
FSSAI Strengthens Regulatory System for Health Supplements
The health supplements and nutraceuticals industry are growing at a fast pace and are likely to be a USD 10 Billion industry by 2025. With the rapid growth in the industry, the FSSAI is also gearing itself to bring the regulatory system at par by collaboration and learning from international best practices. The Food Safety […]
What you should know about the recommended daily allowance of sodium ?
Sodium (salt) is essential for normal growth and survival but the body does not require sodium in large amounts. A man has evolved in a way where there was no requirement of added salt in foods! The human body has, therefore, developed mechanisms to maintain the blood pressure and renal blood flow even on low […]