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Cooking Oil Transported In Fuel Containers? Huge Uproar In China
Revelations that cooking oil has been transported in containers also used to carry fuel have sparked outrage in China, the latest scandal in a country where fears about food safety are widespread.
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CBI Seizes Rs 1.42 Crore During Searches In Bribery Case, Total Haul Rises To Rs 1.8 Crore
Besides him, the agency on Monday also arrested an assistant director at the FSSAI's regional office in Mumbai, Amol Jagtap, the company's director, Vikas Bhardwaj, and a representative of the company in the case from Mumbai.
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FDA Announces All Juul E-Cigarettes, Vaping Products Off Market Over Safety Concerns
The US Food and Drug Administration has ordered all vaping products produced by Juul Labs off the market after finding the former industry leader had failed to address certain safety concerns. Juul was blamed for a surge in youth vaping over its marketing of fruit and candy flavored e-cigarettes.
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Bizarre! European Union Approves This Yellow Insect As Human Food
The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) has approved mealworms as fit for consumption by humans. Here's all you need to know.
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Pfizer Covid Vaccine Has "Favourable Safety Profile": US Regulator
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a briefing document Tuesday saying the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective, raising expectations the regulator is poised to grant emergency approval.
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World Food Day 2018 Event: Discussing Avenues To Achieve Food And Nutrition Safety
Ahead of the World Food Day 2018, three food and agriculture agencies of the United Nations in India came together to mark the day at a special event to bring focus to the need to step up efforts to achieve #ZeroHunger.
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Viral Post Inflames Public Anger In China Vaccine Scandal
China's newest product safety scare burst onto the public consciousness when an obscure essay alleging corruption in the pharmaceutical industry become an internet sensation, exposing widespread anger and distrust after a string of scandals.
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Belgium Makes Giant Omelette With 6,500 Eggs Despite Food Scandal
About a thousand people flocked to the small Belgian town of Malmedy on Tuesday to eat a giant omelette made of 6,500 eggs, despite the country being at the centre of a scandal involving tainted eggs
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Taiwan Prisoners Turn Artisan Chefs As 'Jail Food' Takes Off
The additive-free delicacies made by prison inmates have gained a loyal public following, and generate hundreds of millions of dollars each year.
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Top Danish Restaurant Fined for Hygiene Breaches
Denmark's only three-star Michelin restaurant on Thursday faced questions over hygiene after it was fined 20,000 kroner (2,688 euros, $2,839) by the country's food safety authority.
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Bingeing Kim Jong-Un Piling On The Pounds: Seoul's Spies
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has piled on around 40 kilos (90 pounds) since he took power four years ago, bingeing on food and drink, South Korea's spy agency said Friday.
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China Again Tightens Supervision Of Baby Formula After Scandals
China's food safety watchdog has issued further regulations to tighten supervision of baby formula, requiring producers to register and secure permits to sell their products, state news agency Xinhua reported.
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Russia Tightens Control Over Turkish Food Imports: Minister
Russia said today that it would reinforce control over Turkish food imports citing frequent violations of safety standards, as tensions surged with Ankara over the downing of a Russian warplane on the Syrian border.
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No Approval for Patanjali Instant Noodles, Says Food Safety Regulator
Central food safety regulator FSSAI today said yoga guru Baba Ramdev-promoted FMCG venture Patanjali did not have approval for its newly-launched instant noodles, which the company has vehemently denied.
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Maggi Return Challenged By Food Safety Regulator in Supreme Court
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India or FSSAI has moved the Supreme Court against Nestle's instant noodles Maggi, challenging a Bombay High Court order that had lifted a ban on the popular snack that had been banned after reports that some packets contained unsafe levels of lead.
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Cooking Oil Transported In Fuel Containers? Huge Uproar In China
Revelations that cooking oil has been transported in containers also used to carry fuel have sparked outrage in China, the latest scandal in a country where fears about food safety are widespread.
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CBI Seizes Rs 1.42 Crore During Searches In Bribery Case, Total Haul Rises To Rs 1.8 Crore
Besides him, the agency on Monday also arrested an assistant director at the FSSAI's regional office in Mumbai, Amol Jagtap, the company's director, Vikas Bhardwaj, and a representative of the company in the case from Mumbai.
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FDA Announces All Juul E-Cigarettes, Vaping Products Off Market Over Safety Concerns
The US Food and Drug Administration has ordered all vaping products produced by Juul Labs off the market after finding the former industry leader had failed to address certain safety concerns. Juul was blamed for a surge in youth vaping over its marketing of fruit and candy flavored e-cigarettes.
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Bizarre! European Union Approves This Yellow Insect As Human Food
The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) has approved mealworms as fit for consumption by humans. Here's all you need to know.
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Pfizer Covid Vaccine Has "Favourable Safety Profile": US Regulator
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a briefing document Tuesday saying the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective, raising expectations the regulator is poised to grant emergency approval.
-
World Food Day 2018 Event: Discussing Avenues To Achieve Food And Nutrition Safety
Ahead of the World Food Day 2018, three food and agriculture agencies of the United Nations in India came together to mark the day at a special event to bring focus to the need to step up efforts to achieve #ZeroHunger.
-
Viral Post Inflames Public Anger In China Vaccine Scandal
China's newest product safety scare burst onto the public consciousness when an obscure essay alleging corruption in the pharmaceutical industry become an internet sensation, exposing widespread anger and distrust after a string of scandals.
-
Belgium Makes Giant Omelette With 6,500 Eggs Despite Food Scandal
About a thousand people flocked to the small Belgian town of Malmedy on Tuesday to eat a giant omelette made of 6,500 eggs, despite the country being at the centre of a scandal involving tainted eggs
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Taiwan Prisoners Turn Artisan Chefs As 'Jail Food' Takes Off
The additive-free delicacies made by prison inmates have gained a loyal public following, and generate hundreds of millions of dollars each year.
-
Top Danish Restaurant Fined for Hygiene Breaches
Denmark's only three-star Michelin restaurant on Thursday faced questions over hygiene after it was fined 20,000 kroner (2,688 euros, $2,839) by the country's food safety authority.
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Bingeing Kim Jong-Un Piling On The Pounds: Seoul's Spies
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has piled on around 40 kilos (90 pounds) since he took power four years ago, bingeing on food and drink, South Korea's spy agency said Friday.
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China Again Tightens Supervision Of Baby Formula After Scandals
China's food safety watchdog has issued further regulations to tighten supervision of baby formula, requiring producers to register and secure permits to sell their products, state news agency Xinhua reported.
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Russia Tightens Control Over Turkish Food Imports: Minister
Russia said today that it would reinforce control over Turkish food imports citing frequent violations of safety standards, as tensions surged with Ankara over the downing of a Russian warplane on the Syrian border.
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No Approval for Patanjali Instant Noodles, Says Food Safety Regulator
Central food safety regulator FSSAI today said yoga guru Baba Ramdev-promoted FMCG venture Patanjali did not have approval for its newly-launched instant noodles, which the company has vehemently denied.
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Maggi Return Challenged By Food Safety Regulator in Supreme Court
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India or FSSAI has moved the Supreme Court against Nestle's instant noodles Maggi, challenging a Bombay High Court order that had lifted a ban on the popular snack that had been banned after reports that some packets contained unsafe levels of lead.
