Lack of awareness about the prospectus of value addition of meat, inadequate technological support for improvement of quality attributes and shorter shelf life of value-added traditional meat products and unavailability of trained manpower are the major obstacles in the growth...
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Food borne illnesses are major public health concern and can also be fatal. Food Safety as an important part of preventing food borne illnesses. It involves proper handling, preparation, storage and consumption of food. Food can become contaminated at any...
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High Fat, Sugar and Salt (HFSS) foods are (any food or drink, packaged or non-packaged) that are high in fats, sugar and salt, along with high in energy (calories). They are usually low in proteins, vitamins, minerals and dietary fibre...
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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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Introduction: Food Smart Consumer portal is an online platform developed to provide credible information to consumers about food safety, hygiene & nutrition. Major highlights of the website include claim/myth busters, smart buying guides, consumer rights, guidance notes of consumer interest...
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Introduction: Testing of food to instil confidence amongst consumers that food is safe to eat is important part of the food safety ecosystem. However, number and spread of food testing labs in the country is grossly inadequate. While, Food Safety...
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Introduction: Blissful Hygienic Offering To God (BHOG) is an initiative of FSSAI to encourage Places of Worship (PoW) to adopt and maintain food safety and hygiene as well as convey food safety message through such places to the people to...
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Introduction: To improve public health in India and combat negative nutritional trends to fight lifestyle diseases, FSSAI launched 'The Eat Right Movement’ on 10th July, 2018. The food industry, public health professionals, civil society and consumer organizations, influencers and celebrities came...
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Introduction: FSSAI has initiated “Diet 4 Life” to help people understand about metabolic disorders. It provides a comprehensive platform to parents, Health care professionals and parent support groups to adopt the right approach towards Inborn Errors of metabolism (IEM) management....
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Introduction to Save Food, Share Food: Save Food, Share Food, Share Joy in an initiative to promote food donation and curb food waste & food loss in the country. The platform serves a network of the Food Collection Agencies and...
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Introduction: Street food is, however, often perceived as unhygienic and a major health risk. Hence there is a need for capacity building of street food vendors that should lead to their behavior change. Many initiatives have been taken up in...
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Food Fortification is a scientifically proven, cost-effective, scalable and sustainable global intervention that addresses the issue of micro-nutrient deficiencies. In October 2016, FSSAI operationalized the Food Safety and Standards (Fortification of Foods) Regulations, 2016 for fortifying staples namely Wheat Flour...
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Food Safety and Standard Authority of India has to ensure training of persons who are, or intend to become involved in food businesses, whether as food business operators or employees or otherwise. It has accordingly been decided that it would...
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