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- FSSAI calls for views on tolerance to max residue levels of pesticides

Friday, September 22, 2017

Prashant Nikale, Mumbai

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has come up with a notice calling for suggestions & views related to tolerance to harmonisation of Maximum Residue Level (MRL) of pesticides.

- GST Council recommends placing cereals, pulses & flours in 5% category

Friday, September 22, 2017

Our Bureau, New Delhi

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, in its 21st meeting held in Hyderabad recently, has, inter alia, recommended that for five per cent GST rate on cereals, pulses and flours etc.

- Finland must interpret EU novel food regulation to permit insect sale

Friday, September 22, 2017

Helsinki

Finland’s ministry of agriculture and forestry has now recommended that it also interpret the European Union (EU) regulation on novel foods in such a way that the breeding and sale of insects as food is permitted even in the country.

- Governance among 15 areas identified by FSSAI to transform food sector

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Ashwani Maindola, New Delhi

Governance and administration (with a focus on internal capacity building), food standards (with a focus on identifying gaps in local as well as international practices) and the Food Safety and Knowledge

- FSSAI & NADA ink MoU to address substance use in athletes’ supplements

Saturday, September 16, 2017

Our Bureau, New Delhi

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the country’s apex food regulator, and the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to coordinate on cooperative activities

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