Ensuring Safety of Pulses & Besan: Pulses form a major portion of the Indian diet. They are the main source of protein in case of vegetarian diet. However, they are adulterated intentionally or unintentionally. Adulterants such as stones and pebbles...
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Overview: The Global Standard for Storage and Distribution reflects best practice and facilitate a process of continual improvement through well-designed risk-based product safety management systems. It ensures the quality and safety of products during their storage and distribution throughout the...
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Overview: The Global Standard for Agents and Brokers was first published in 2014 and was developed to provide a framework to manage product safety, quality and legality for businesses in the food and food packaging industries. Agents and Brokers (non-manufacturing...
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Introduction: The manufacture of safe packaging and packaging materials is a critical part of ensuring the food supply chain’s integrity and safety. The packaging for food and feed has many essential functions: protecting its contents against contamination or damage, leakage...
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Plant Quarantine: Plant quarantine is defined as the legal enforcement of the measures aimed to prevent pests from spreading or to prevent them from multiplying further in case they have already gained entry and have established in new restricted areas....
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“Non-specified food” means any food other than proprietary food or food ingredients, including additives, processing aids and enzymes for which standards have not been specified in any regulation made under the Act. Food products/Ingredients that are neither standardized nor fall...
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Introduction: Food safety has gained increasing importance over the years because of its significance both from health and trade perspectives. The production of safe food is essential for protecting consumers from the hazards of foodborne illnesses and is important both...
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PGS-India (Participatory Guarantee System of India) is a quality assurance initiative that is locally relevant, emphasize the participation of stakeholders, including producers and consumers and operate outside the frame of third party certification. PGS India system is based on participatory...
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SCHEME FOR ISSUE OF HEALTH CERTIFICATE FOR EXPORT OF FOOD PRODUCTS: INTRODUCTION: Export Inspection Council of India (EIC), the official certifying body of the Govt. of India for exports was set up under the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act,...
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Introduction: Testing of food products at different levels of supply chain is a critical activity in the entire food safety compliance eco system to ensure that only products, which comply with the Act and regulations are sold in the market....
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