Mysore/Mysuru: Despite stringent laws framed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the age-old practice of packing takeaway food in used newspapers persists, posing severe health risks to consumers. Vendors across hotels, bakeries and roadside fast-food joints continue to defy these regulations, ignoring the potential dangers associated with this practice. The harmful…
MM Hills Temple prasada gets food safety certification from FSSAI
November 10, 2020Chamarajanagar: Prasada including ladoos and Dasoha meal prepared at Dasoha Bhavan of Sri Male Mahadeshwara Swamy Temple has now secured food safety certification from Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). Sri Male Mahadeshwara Kshetra Development Authority had sought registration under FSSAI six months ago. FSSAI officials, who visited the temple, had carried out…
Sweet shop owners sore over Government’s order on display of ‘expiry date’
September 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: An order by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) making it mandatory for sweet shops to declare the ‘expiry date’ or ‘best before date’ of all sweets available in the shop from Oct. 1 has evoked mixed response among shop owners. A majority of them have strongly opposed this order as ‘unscientific’…
Businesses to display ‘best before date’ of loose sweets from Oct. 1: FSSAI
September 26, 2020New Delhi: Food regulator FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) has made it mandatory for food business operators to display ‘best before date’ of non-packaged sweets with effect from Oct. 1 as part of its efforts to ensure safety. In a letter to the Commissioner of Food Safety of all States and Union…
Ban on newspapers, plastics to pack food items
October 28, 2017Mysuru: The practise of hotels, restaurants and canteens wrapping food items like idli, vada, dosa, rice bath in newspapers and plastic papers are going to be a thing of the past. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has taken a strong objection on this practice and decided to enforce the ban strictly….
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