FSSAI Current Affairs, GK & News
Large Area Certification (LAC) Scheme of PGS-India- A&N gets certification
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare recently announced that around 14,491 hectares of land in Andaman and Nicobar Islands have been certified as organic. This is the first large contiguous territory to be certified under government scheme. Background The organic certification was provided under the Large Area Certification Scheme of the Participatory Guarantee System ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Andaman and Nicobar Islands • food safet and standards organic foods regulations • FSSAI • Government Schemes • large area certification scheme • Natural farming • Organic Farming • Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana
MP approved Penal Law (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Bill, 2021
Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has approved the “Penal Law (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Bill, 2021” on February 26, 2021. This bill was approved in order to give life imprisonment to food adulterers in states. Background In the month of December 2019, an awareness rally organised in Bhopal to fight against the adulteration. The rally witnessed the participation ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2021
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Food adulteration • FSSAI • Madhya Pradesh Cabinet • Penal Law (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Bill 2021 • Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954
FSSAI Caps Trans Fats in Foods
Recently, rules have been amended by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to put cap on trans fatty acids (TFAs) in the food products. This decision was taken one week after it amended the norms for oils and fats. Highlights Under the new regulations, in the food products which comprises of the ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) • FSSAI • FSSAI act 2006 • Trans fat • Trans Fat: [email protected]
FSSAI new Trans Fat levels
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India recently announced that all edible refined oils, vegetable fat spreads, Vanaspati, margarines, Bakery shortening and mixed fat spreads can contain only 3% or less trans fats. This is to be implemented by January 2021. By January 2022, this is to be further reduced to 2%. This is ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: FSSAI • REPLACE • REPLACE campaign • REPLACE strategy • Trans fat • WHO
PM Svanidhi Scheme: MoHUA unites with Swiggy taking Street Food Vendors online
On October 5, 2020, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs signed Memorandum of Understanding with Swiggy to take street food vendors online. This was achieved under PM Svanidhi Scheme. Highlights The programme was launched in five cities such as Chennai, Ahmedabad, Indore, Delhi and Varanasi. Under the programme around 250 vendors were taken on-board across ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan • FSSAI • Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs • PM SVANidhi • Street Vendors • Swiggy