Safe & Nutritious Food

As per the Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) the infant foods are divided in following categories: 1. Infant Milk Food: It is prepared by spray drying of cow or buffalo milk or ...

Does FSSAI have standards for packaged baby food. If so kindly share. Want to know preservatives allowed, storage and shelf life aspect of these. Also, baby food is being made domestically as well ...

Calcium, Carbide, Acetylene, Ethylene, Propylene Gases, 2 Chloroethyl Phosphonic Acid, Glycol, Ethanol are used for ripening fruits & vegetables. The effects of the use of these ripening agents...

Last week there were reports in local news here in Tamil Nadu thag chinese ethylene has entered the matket for fruit ripening and is being used but according to experts: regular consumption of frui...

There are many temples in India that make prasad. Recently we visited Nathdwara and happen to see how prasad was made and stored. The conditions are not good. Rats, insects can easily sneak in. The...

I have visited a local restaurant named Harish bekar, gurgaon, I found insect in some food items of it and I complained to the manager about the bad quality of food. but he simply said he is not re...

I recently learned that some of the chips have a chemical called olestra which can be quite hazardous to us, even more so to children who tend to consume these more than adults. Has fssai permitted...

I was looking to find information on foods where fssai permits colours. None of the links on fssai site worked so finally i got this from a news site. Can FSSAI please confirm these and also if the...

I read today in paper that Fssai is underutilizing funds allocated to it. This is worrying. FSSAI may want to consider roping in influencers and volunteers in different states of India w...

I'd like to raise the issue of capability of food safety labs in the country. We all know how state govt labs run. Many times they have outdated equipment, waiting to be replaced for years. ...