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Heart Attack Rewind campaign launched by FSSAI to Eliminate Industrial Produced Trans-fats

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has launched a new mass media campaign “Heart Attack Rewind” to eliminate industrially produced trans fat in the food supply by 2022 before WHO deadline. The campaign is the 30 second Public Service Announcement (PSA), which will warn citizens about the health hazards of consuming trans ..

Topics: Carboxylic acids • Catalysis • Food and drink • Food Safety and Standards Authority of India • Food science • Health • Lipids • Margarine • Nutrition • Shortening • Trans fat

Current Affairs: December 1, 2018

Main current events of December 1, 2018 are as follows: National Current Events Food regulator FSSAI launches mass media campaign about the bad effects of industrially produced trans fat Food regulator FSSAI launched a mass media campaign to educate people about the bad effects of industrially produced trans fat. Trans fats are made by adding ..

Topics: Cities in Asia • Food Safety and Standards Authority of India • India • Jaber • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare • New Delhi • Tyeb Mehta

‘Swastha Bharat Yatra’ national campaign launched for Safe Food

The Government of India (GoI) has launched a nationwide campaign ‘Swasth Bharat Yatra’ from October 16 on the occasion of 2018 World Food Day (WFD to create consumer awareness about eating safe and nutritious food for becoming healthy. As per the campaign, a pan-India cycle rally is being organized by Food Safety and Standards Authority ..

Topics: Ayushman Bharat Yojana • Cleaning • Food Safety and Standards Authority of India • Government of India • Health • India • sanitation • Swachh Bharat Mission • Swasth Bharat • Water supply and sanitation in India • World Food Day

FSSAI constitutes B Sesikeran committee to look into draft of Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations 2018

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has decided to form a 3-member committee to look into the draft of Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations 2018. The expert committee will be led by B Sesikeran, former director of National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), and comprise current NIN director Hemalatha and ..

Topics: Food and drink • Food politics • Food safety • Food Safety and Standards Authority of India • Health • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare • National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad

FSSAI launches RUCO initiative recently

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) launched an initiative “RUCO (Repurpose Used Cooking Oil)” that will enable collection and conversion of used cooking oil to biodiesel. Under this initiative, 64 companies at 101 locations have been identified to enable collection of used cooking oil. According to FSSAI regulations, the maximum permissible limits ..

Topics: Biodiesel • Biofuels • Cooking oil • Food and drink • Food Safety and Standards Authority of India • Health • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare • Vegetable oil fuel