Customer's Nightmare: Man Orders Ice-Cream Online In Mumbai, Finds Human Finger In It
Mumbai doctor's afternoon treat turned into a horrifying ordeal as he discovered a human finger in his ice cream cone, ordered online.
Jun 13, 2024, 14:07 PM IST
FSSAI Clarifies On Misinterpretation Of 'Display Of Information' Licensing Authorities
To clear up the issue, FSSAI emphasized that according to the FSSI (Labelling and Display) Regulations 2020.
Apr 13, 2024, 20:06 PM IST
Govt Directs E-commerce Platforms To Remove Bournvita From 'Healthy Drinks' Section
The food safety authority stated that there is no specific definition for 'health drink' in the regulations.
Apr 13, 2024, 16:25 PM IST
Online Food Delivery Platform Criticized As Girl Dies After Consuming Birthday Cake Ordered Online
According to the bill for the cake ordered by the deceased girl's mother, Kajal, there is no store named 'Cake Kanha' at the listed address in Patiala.
Mar 31, 2024, 15:18 PM IST
World Food Safety Day: With 'Food Standards Save Lives' As 2023 Theme, Here Is The Day's Significance And History
World Food Safety Day is marked annually on June 7 to raise awareness of tainted food and avoid diseases caused by food.
Jun 07, 2023, 14:34 PM IST
Research: "Words" matter in messages about food safety and freshness
The words "use" or "use by" seemed to speak more directly to the perceived food safety consequences of consuming food after the date indicated on the box, which could consequently increase food waste, according to research by Rickard and his colleagues.
Nov 05, 2022, 20:18 PM IST
How safe is your food? Delhi's audit of high-risk food biz to find out
The food safety department's order, issued on Wednesday, directed audit of all types of high-risk food business premises by engaging third party audit agency and to promote all FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) initiatives in their respective districts under MOU (2021-22) with immediate effect.
Feb 10, 2022, 23:00 PM IST
FSSAI Survey: 24.2 percent of edible oils have poor quality
FSSAI has released a survey on the quality of edible oils, according to which more than 24 percent of the edible oils sold in the country are of poor quality.
Jan 11, 2022, 09:16 AM IST
Food safety in India at risk due to egg contamination, says study – Read
Recently, a number of eggs in the domestic market, in retail shops were collected and tested and were found to contain large amounts of salmonella both on the shell and inside the egg.
Sep 12, 2017, 08:31 AM IST
'Artificial eggs' made out of 'plastic' found in Orissa school; This is how you can identify fake eggs
With similar cases now being reported more often, it is very important that one knows how to identify artificial eggs.
Jun 30, 2017, 21:12 PM IST
Plastic rice in Indian markets? Here's how to identify fake rice
But, the good news is that you can easily find out whether the rice you bought from the grocery store is real or fake, using some tricks – in fact, you can try it at home.
Jun 07, 2017, 13:36 PM IST
Are your eggs safe to eat? 'Artificial eggs' made out of 'plastic' sold in Kolkata market; shopkeeper arrested
The sale of dangerous eggs came to light after a woman lodged a general diary with the Karaya police station alleging that plastic eggs are being sold in the market.
Mar 31, 2017, 09:12 AM IST
Learning cooking skills via bestselling cookbooks? It could make you sick
Scientists say bestselling cookbooks give little useful advice about reducing the risk of foodborne illness, particularly in recipes involving meat products.
Mar 28, 2017, 15:17 PM IST
Preparing food? Follow these five key safety steps to prevent foodborne illness!
Unsafe food causes many diseases, ranging from diarrhoeal diseases to various forms of cancer.
Nov 25, 2016, 13:48 PM IST
Five things to keep in mind while buying frozen foods!
Quality and safety are some of the things one should keep in mind while purchasing frozen foods.
Nov 16, 2016, 13:19 PM IST
Sellers fined for selling substandard eatables in Ludhniana
The fine was imposed by Additional Deputy Commissioner (General)-cum-Adjudicating Officer Rishi Pal Singh.
Aug 25, 2016, 01:02 AM IST
Alarming! Only 1 out of 15 food businesses registered with FSSAI
Only one out of every 15 food businesses in the country is registered with the food safety watchdog FSSAI despite several extensions of the deadline for obtaining licences.
Feb 10, 2016, 18:42 PM IST
Walkathon sensitises vendors, consumers on food safety
Four stalls serving popular snacks like 'kachori', 'puri' and 'chaat' were put up to demonstrate food safety at the walkathon, a part of the Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan.
Dec 13, 2015, 19:42 PM IST
Nestle sells 3.3 cr packs of Maggi in 10 days
Nestle India said it had to bear an exceptional cost of Rs 476.2 crore.
Nov 20, 2015, 21:07 PM IST
