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Topic: FSSAI

As study flags ‘unhealthy’ McDonald’s & Subway, food authority says law takes its own time

Pawan Agarwal, CEO of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, told ThePrint the due process to notify the draft of Food Safety Standards Regulations is on.

Haldiram, Patanjali, McDonald’s, PepsiCo selling food with high sodium, fat levels: Study

CSE study also names Hindustan Unilever, Nestle, Subway & Burger King for selling products with salt & fat content higher than FSSAI threshold.

From McDonald’s to Patanjali, an IAS officer explains how FSSAI is making food safer

In 2018, it was because of FSSAI's directives that 10,500 non-compliant food vendors were delisted by food delivery services like Zomato, Swiggy and UberEats.

IKEA and Haldiram’s served show cause notice after ‘caterpillar found in biryani’

Food regulator FSSAI finds 'more violations' at IKEA’s 1,000-seat restaurant in Hyderabad, sends samples for lab analysis.

Why you should not order the Basa fish at Indian restaurants

Basa is a popular choice owing to its ready availability. Its cheap price is the only attractive thing about it, though.

Traditional health claims about India’s ayurvedic foods help make them big business

The promotional proposition of ayurvedic food businesses relies on traditional beliefs.

Patanjali is under the scanner once again for ‘post-dating’ their products

According to Facebook and Twitter users, boxes of the ayurvedic product that bore a ‘May 2018’ manufacturing date were found on counters in April.

On World Health Day – India’s politicians need to wake up and see the malnutrition crisis

Unfortunately and shockingly, health has not been in the forefront of political debate in India and hence has never been the govt's priority.

Maggi case still on, but FSSAI ties up with Nestle to improve own standards

Partnership between FSSAI and the Nestle Food Safety Institute has raised eyebrows

On Camera

Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.