Ahmedabad, May 6 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has collected Rs 11.61 lakh in administrative charges during April month as part of an extensive food safety drive that also resulted in the inspection of 2,153 food business units, issuance of 498 notices and destruction of 1,015 kg and 1,148 litres of unsafe food. According to the civic body’s Health Department on Tuesday, the Food Department conducted inspections across various zones of the city between April 1 and April 30 und…
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New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) A joint task force led by Central Food Safety Officers (CFSOs), the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Northern Regional Office, and local police has dismantled an unauthorised distribution hub dealing in prohibited performance-enhancing substances and expired health supplements in Najafgarh, Delhi. The operation targeted the premises of M/s Gaurav Vats Nutrition, allegedly run by Gaurav Vats, following a high-priority alert from the National Anti-Dop…
Dahod, April 21 (IANS) The Gujarat government has sought a detailed report from district authorities after a mass illness linked to a private wedding function in Dahod left hundreds requiring medical attention, with 34 people still admitted in hospitals as of Tuesday. State Health Minister Praful Pansheriya said the incident occurred on Monday evening at a private event and confirmed that government facilities were treating the affected persons.“The incident occurred yesterday evening at…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday ruled that the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has no jurisdiction to regulate animal or cattle feed, holding that such powers fall outside the scope of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. A division bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia allowed a plea filed by Godrej Agrovet Ltd and struck down Note (c) appended to Regulation 2.5.2 of the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Delhi Police, the Union Health Ministry and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, seeking an Action Taken Report (ATR) within two weeks over allegations of harassment of whistleblowers in a case linked to an internal recruitment inquiry. Taking cognisance under the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, a Bench presided over by NHRC member Priyank Kanoongo observed that the allegations prim…
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) member Priyank Kanoongo on Saturday said the Delhi Police must thoroughly investigate the leakage of sensitive official documents from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), including how a confidential internal inquiry report reached an individual against whom allegations of misconduct had reportedly been substantiated.In a post on X on the alleged data breach at FSSAI, Kanoongo noted that the same individual h…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Association of PET Recyclers (APR) Bharat on Wednesday said that the government guidelines mandating brands and producers to use 40 per cent recycled content in food‑grade PET packaging effective April 1 will boost India’s circular economy, a report said on Wednesday.The move marks a significant milestone in the country’s commitment to sustainable resource management amidst global supply disruptions and geopolitical uncertainties impacting the availability and prici…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Surveillance drives, inspections and random sampling of food products, done by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), include 5,18,559 sample analysis which led to 88,192 penalties and 3,614 convictions, the government said on Tuesday.The measures taken by FSSAI led to 1,161 licence cancellations over 2022–23 to 2024–25 after random sampling of various food products including milk, ghee, spices, honey, paneer and other foods, Minister of State fo…
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Industry body Association of PET Recyclers (APR) Bharat on Monday welcomed FSSAI’s grant of final authorisations to 17 recycled PET manufacturing plants, which will strengthen India’s packaging supply chain.The government’s move will unlock about 3 lakh tonne per annum of food‑grade r‑PET capacity to help meet the government’s mandate of 40 per cent recycled content by 2026‑27, the statement from APR Bharat said.The approvals create a combined FSSAI-authorise…
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) The government has stepped up food safety enforcement across the country, with more than 56,000 risk-based inspections conducted in the last three years — more than 100 per cent growth in the last three years — to ensure compliance with food safety standards, the Parliament was informed on Friday.In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Prataprao Jadhav, said the Food Safety and Standards Authority of I…