2018 regulation had barred recycled plastic from being used to package or store food. Last yr, FSSAI allowed recycled PET, used in bottles, subject to regulator’s standards & guidelines.
The case throws up an amusing political irony: the BJP-led Maharashtra government has gone to court accusing a regulator under the BJP-led Centre of encroaching on the state’s powers.
If India’s food-safety story had a protagonist, it could well be milk — hotly debated in the Constituent Assembly and Parliament eight decades ago and, somehow, still making headlines now.
FSSAI proposed rolling out the label system in two phases—the first for products high in two or more nutrients and the second for those high in any one nutrient.
A LocalCircles survey showed that a majority of Indian consumers want warning labels to reflect total nutrient levels rather than limiting metrics to added ingredients alone.
FSSAI, as regulator, has the responsibility to safeguard the interests of the common people, protecting them from harmful food but its actual actions have been far from satisfactory.
FSSAI informs the SC the FoP label would be red-coloured hexagon shape & in a font size one-point larger than what is used in the nutrition table on the back of the pack.
The survey’s findings coincide with recent inspections by the FSSAI at two five-star hotels in Delhi’s Aerocity, Andaz Delhi and JW Marriott, both of which are linked to venues for the September 2026 BRICS Summit.
The multinationals are content to profit from India but unwilling to include cigarette-package-style health warnings about high levels of salt, sugar, etc on their products.
In 2022, the projection of Agnipath as the ‘only progressive step’ conveyed finality. Now, the same leadership presents the original design as flexible, subject to continuous review.
Alexandre Callegaro of Indo-German Energy Forum says German technologies can help Indian companies in becoming more energy-efficient, thereby aiding transition to renewable energies.
Netanyahu has won only because he hasn’t been defeated. He’s also changed Israel fundamentally. Any ruling alliance now will have to be a coalition to the exclusion of Israel’s Arab citizens.
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