Food safety mess

Traders say Food Safety and Standards Act rolls out red carpet for multinationals

Coimbatore street vendors audited by food safety officials

Audit part of the ‘Project Clean Street Vendors’ initiated by FSSAI in March 2016

Food authority backtracks

Says milk adulterated but not unsafe for consumption

Caffeine hits energy drinks

New Consumer Protection Bill promises a much wider scope

The establishment of the Central Consumer Protection Authority empowered to take action against defaulters is the most novel feature of the Bill

Two-minute wake-up call

Nestle's resistance to the nationwide ban on Maggi noodles shows why the country needs an urgent policy on recall of harmful food products

Free food body of corporate influence

Supreme Court asks food regulator to form new scientific panels

Labels must for GM food

Industry clueless about implementing labelling rule; FSSAI dithers over regulations

FSSAI's scientific panel reconstituted

But members of the panel now designated as “independent consultants” were a part of the panel as representatives of the industry till …

Eat at your own risk

Junk food is bad for health. Its definition tells its inner story—food that is high on calories and saturated fat but low on nutrition.