FSSAI releases draft notification on star-rating for packaged food
2 years, 3 months ago

FSSAI releases draft notification on star-rating for packaged food

The Hindu  

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has issued a draft notification on front-of-package labelling, which proposes “Indian Nutrition Rating” modelled on the health star-rating system. The draft of the amended Food Safety and Standards Regulations, 2020 made public on Tuesday requires packaged food to display the prescribed format of INR by assigning a rating from 1/2 star to five stars. Public health experts have been opposed to the health-star rating system as they say it gives a “health halo” because of its positive connotation making it harder to identify harmful products. They instead recommend warning labels such as an octagonal “stop” symbol which global studies have shown is the only format that has led to a positive impact on food and beverage purchases forcing the industry, for example in Chile, to reformulate their products and remove major amounts of sugar and salt.

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Packaged drinking water gets ‘High-Risk Food’ tag as FSSAI tightens safety norms. Here is what it means
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Packaged drinking water gets ‘High-Risk Food’ tag as FSSAI tightens safety norms. Here is what it means

Live Mint  

In a major development related to the food industry, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has decided to classify packaged drinking and mineral water as a ‘High-Risk Food’ category. The FSSAI’s latest decision is aimed at improving the safety and quality standards of packaged drinking and mineral water for consumers. Earlier, the packaged drinking water industry had urged …

India rejects food imports from China, Japan, Sri Lanka, and more. Key details
4 weeks ago

India rejects food imports from China, Japan, Sri Lanka, and more. Key details

India Today  

India has taken strict action against substandard food imports, rejecting consignments of items like apples, nuts, alcoholic beverages, and sushi from countries including China, Japan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Turkey. This platform helps authorities worldwide quickly share information about rejected food items, enabling swift action to prevent risks and ensure traceability and transparency. For instance, a cinnamon flower bud shipment …

India rejects food consignments from China, Japan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Turkey on food safety worries
1 month ago

India rejects food consignments from China, Japan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Turkey on food safety worries

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India has rejected consignments of apples, nuts, alcoholic beverages and sushi from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Japan, China and Turkey this year because they fell short of the standards set by it. The apex food regulator—Food Safety Standard Authority of India – has made public the names of the countries on their recently launched Food Import Rejection Alert, a …

TRUTH in Labeling Act would heighten the warning for shoppers
3 months ago

TRUTH in Labeling Act would heighten the warning for shoppers

Salon  

With rising rates of obesity in the U.S. and increasing attention being paid to the health harms of processed foods, it's clear that far more could be done to help consumers make healthy food choices. If passed, it would require U.S. food manufacturers to add a second nutrition label to the front of product packages, in addition to the ones …

FSSAI says nutritional information must be highlighted with bigger fonts and bold letters
5 months, 2 weeks ago

FSSAI says nutritional information must be highlighted with bigger fonts and bold letters

The Hindu  

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India approved changes in nutritional information labelling on packaged food items, proposing that total salt, sugar and saturated fat should be displayed in bold letters as well as bigger font size. In an official statement, FSSAI said it has approved "a proposal to display nutritional information regarding total sugar, salt and saturated fat in …

Budge 2024: Indian government may announce to increase food testing labs to keep tabs on food safety
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Budge 2024: Indian government may announce to increase food testing labs to keep tabs on food safety

Live Mint  

New Delhi: As instances of adulterated food products and availability of harmful levels of pesticides and other damaging material in them increase, the central government may announce to increase the number of food testing laboratories in the full budget to be presented this month, two officials in the know told Mint. The recommendation has come from the country’s food safety …

Govt plans to do away with multiple certifications for food products; only FSSAI nod mandatory
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Govt plans to do away with multiple certifications for food products; only FSSAI nod mandatory

The Hindu  

The government has approved various amendments in food safety and standard regulations, under which only one certification from food regulator FSSAI will be required for food products. In a statement, the Health Ministry said the FSSAI in its 43rd meeting approved various amendments to streamline food safety and standards regulations. "Various amendments across different food safety and standards regulations were …

Top food regulator plans to make its certification must for all food products
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Top food regulator plans to make its certification must for all food products

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: India’s top food regulator— the food safety and standards authority of India — is planning to make only FSSAI certification mandatory for food products in the country, according to a government statement. “In a move that would facilitate ease of doing business through the concept of ‘One Nation, One Commodity, One Regulator’, the Food Safety and Standards Authority …

Food labels to have QR code to help the visually disabled
1 year, 2 months ago

Food labels to have QR code to help the visually disabled

The Hindu  

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has recommended the inclusion of QR code on food products for accessibility by visually impaired individuals stating that this will ensure access to safe food for all including individuals with special needs such as visually impaired individuals. The FSSAI under its Food Safety and Standards Regulations, 2020 has comprehensively outlined the information …

Refrain from outdoor cooking, FSSAI tells sweet manufacturers in advisory for upcoming festive season
1 year, 2 months ago

Refrain from outdoor cooking, FSSAI tells sweet manufacturers in advisory for upcoming festive season

The Hindu  

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has directed manufacturers of sweets to refrain from outdoor cooking practices as they can expose food and raw materials to environmental contaminants and pose risks to food safety. “In view of the upcoming festive season, FSSAI convened a meeting with Indian sweets manufacturers to emphasise on the compliance to be followed to …

FSSAI asks for quality, safety checks on health supplements
1 year, 9 months ago

FSSAI asks for quality, safety checks on health supplements

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The food regulator has told food commissioners of all states and UTs to carry out a special drive to check nutraceuticals and health supplements for quality and safety throughout their manufacturing and sale process. India’s apex food regulator has received complaints about a large number of health supplements being sold in the markets not being compliant with the …

For Healthy Eating, Indians Wants Red Label Marked on Packs to Identify Ultra-Processed Foods: Survey
1 year, 11 months ago

For Healthy Eating, Indians Wants Red Label Marked on Packs to Identify Ultra-Processed Foods: Survey

News 18  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about the importance of children eating nutritious food in his Mann Ki Baat address in 2020. Since then, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India and other think tanks have been working on finalising a draft proposal on the star rating system to identify High Fat, Sugar and Salt Foods as ultra-processed foods. In …

Obesity in children: Paediatricians bat for nutrient-specific labels on packaged food
2 years, 3 months ago

Obesity in children: Paediatricians bat for nutrient-specific labels on packaged food

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai Paediatricians from around the country are batting for inclusion of nutrient-specific warning labels on packaged foods as a way to counter the obesity pandemic among Indian children. According to the National Family Health Survey 5 conducted in 2019-2020, 3.4% of all children under five in India are overweight, as compared to 2.1% in NHFS4 They recommend easy-to-interpret symbols to …

Most people favour inclusion of front of pack warning label on food items
2 years, 3 months ago

Most people favour inclusion of front of pack warning label on food items

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Over 91% people favour consumer friendly front of pack labelling on packaged food items, the findings of an online poll showed. ’High-in’ warning labels, considered the simplest and easiest to read FOPL design, is the one most preferred by consumers as it helps them make healthier food choices. It will also help to reduce the burden of Non- …

Warning label most effective in identifying harmful nutrients: Study
2 years, 4 months ago

Warning label most effective in identifying harmful nutrients: Study

The Hindu  

A new study in India has found that warning labels on food packets are most effective in helping consumers identify foods high in sugar, saturated fat and sodium as compared to other labelling formats. The authors conducted an in-person randomised experiment on 2,869 adults in six States in India, where participants were shown food packets with one of five FOPLs—a …

Centre Notifies Final Regulations to Classify Vegan Food
2 years, 6 months ago

Centre Notifies Final Regulations to Classify Vegan Food

News 18  

Veganism as a food choice is growing around the world. The Centre on Wednesday published the final notification for the Food Safety and Standards Regulations, 2022 thereby specifying what constitutes vegan food, what kind of labelling/packaging will be required for it and the compliances for Food Business Operators too. News18 explains what categorises vegan food now, in India: Not Products …

Explained | What is the debate around star ratings for food packets mooted by FSSAI?
2 years, 7 months ago

Explained | What is the debate around star ratings for food packets mooted by FSSAI?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India is expected to issue a draft regulation for labels on front of food packets that will inform consumers if a product is high in salt, sugar and fat. Health experts are demanding that the FSSAI instead recommend the “warning label” system which has proven to have altered consumer …

Health Star Rating for Packaged Food is a Welcome Move. But is It Enough?
2 years, 7 months ago

Health Star Rating for Packaged Food is a Welcome Move. But is It Enough?

News 18  

In India, consumers have always had a difficult time separating unhealthy food items from their healthy counterparts. The country’s plan to implement a Health Star Rating system for packaged food items is a long-pending move. Health Star Ratings Health star rating is a labelling system that uses a one-to-five star scale to rate packaged food items. The Rationale behind Star …

FSSAI’s star ratings for food products may mislead consumers: experts
2 years, 7 months ago

FSSAI’s star ratings for food products may mislead consumers: experts

The Hindu  

The nutrition labelling system for food packets recommended by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India will not only fail to enable consumers to make healthy choices but also mislead them about their nutritional value, warned experts who have called for the need to “insulate” policy making from the influence of the food industry. Under the health star rating …

Experts question ‘star rating’ of food products likely to be recommended by FSSAI for packaged food
2 years, 8 months ago

Experts question ‘star rating’ of food products likely to be recommended by FSSAI for packaged food

The Hindu  

The “health star rating” system that the Food Safety Standards Authority of India plans to adopt in order to help consumers reduce their intake of unhealthy foods is “not evidence-based” and has failed to alter buyer behaviour, claim over 40 global experts in a letter to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya. In a meeting on February 15, 2022, the FSSAI …

'Many Food Articles Having Ingredients Sourced From Animals Are Passed Off As Veg': Delhi HC Orders Full Disclosure Of Manufacturing Ingredients
3 years ago

'Many Food Articles Having Ingredients Sourced From Animals Are Passed Off As Veg': Delhi HC Orders Full Disclosure Of Manufacturing Ingredients

Live Law  

Observing that many food articles which have ingredients sourced from animals are passed off as vegetarian by affixing the green dot, the Delhi High Court has directed that there should be full and complete disclosure of all the ingredients which go into the manufacture of any food article.Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh was of the view that the …

AIIMS doctors call for front of pack labelling, scientific limits on sugar, salt and fats in junk food
3 years, 5 months ago

AIIMS doctors call for front of pack labelling, scientific limits on sugar, salt and fats in junk food

Firstpost  

If we want to control the diabetes epidemic in India, we have to actnow, the doctors said, adding that diabetics are likely to be at a greater risk of fatalities from COVID-19 New Delhi: Leading doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences have called for a systemic approach to manage the rapidly rising prevalence of diabetes in the …

A Difficult Road Ahead For Restaurant Chains Under The FSSAI's Labelling Radar
3 years, 6 months ago

A Difficult Road Ahead For Restaurant Chains Under The FSSAI's Labelling Radar

Live Law  

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India is all set to extend its labelling regime to restaurant chains operating in multiple states or having outlets at 10 or more locations from 1st January, 2022. The FSSAI has included restaurant chains under its labelling regime vide notification dated 21st August, 2020 amending the erstwhile Food Safety and Standards Regulations, 2011. …

Mandatory Display Of Food License/Registration Number On Invoice
3 years, 6 months ago

Mandatory Display Of Food License/Registration Number On Invoice

Live Law  

Come 1st October 2021 Food Business Operators to mention FSSAI license or registration number on every invoice. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has made it mandatory for the FBO's to declare the 14-digit FSSAI License or Registration number on cash receipts/purchase invoices/cash memo /bills etc. License Number The FBO shall submit a prescribed application in the Food …

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