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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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UK's Food Watchdog Chief Compares Bringing Cake Into An Office To "Passive Smoking"
The head of the UK's Food Standards Agency said that bringing cake to work was comparable to passive smoking, which puts coworkers at risk.
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Can Food Spread Covid? Study Reveals Virus May Live For Days On These Foods
COVID-19: The Food Standards Agency (FSA) published research revealing how much time the Covid virus can survive on foods and food packaging.
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Munching On Burnt Toast? You Must Stop!
Did you know that there might be a health risk linked to burnt toast? In fact, The Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the UK had launched a campaign warning about cancer risks linked to eating burnt toast or any other foods that contained starch being cooked at high temperatures
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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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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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Maggi Noodles Deemed Safe for First Time Since Ban Was Ordered
For the first time since the hugely popular snack was banned across India, Maggi Noodles has passed a test which establishes it complies with food safety standards.
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Let's Try Again, Says Court, Suggesting New Maggi Noodle Tests
The Bombay High Court has suggested new tests on Maggi noodles, which were banned in India early last month.
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Bombay High Court to Hear Nestle's Plea Over Ban on Maggi Noodles Today
The Bombay High Court - where Nestle has filed a plea over the country-wide ban on its Maggi noddles - said it would hear the case today.
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Maggi Noodles Row Raises Questions on Food Safety Laws in India
As more and more states test samples of Maggi noodles to find out whether it has high lead content or mono-sodium glutamate or MSG, a taste enhancer, questions are being raised about how packaged food items are given license in India and what role does the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) - the nodal agency which gives such appr...
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Health Experts Accuse UK Government for Derailing Salt Reduction Programme
Ending Food Standards Agencys nutrition responsibility slowed progress in cutting deaths and new targets gave industry too much power, health experts say.
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Chicken Contamination: Public Should Stop Buying Poultry
Action is needed until Food Standards Agency gets a grip on the spread of campylobacter to chickensThe results of official tests of retail chicken for campylobacter contamination are really shocking. I don't use the word lightly. The Food Standards Agency...
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70% of UK Chickens Contaminated with Food Poisoning Bug
According to the Food Standards Agency (FSA), 70 percent of fresh chickens on sale in Britain are contaminated with a food poisoning bug called campylobacter. A six-month survey of chilled whole birds was conducted which found that 18 percent of them...
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Indian-Origin 'Chicken King' Ranjit Boparan at Centre of UK Hygiene Probe
An Indian-origin businessman, referred to as UK's "Chicken King", is at the centre of a major controversey over contamination of poultry.
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Don't Wash Chicken Before Cooking it, Warns Food Standards Agency
Bacteria which are responsible for most food poisoning is spread by splashes and droplets of water caused during cleaningThe government's food watchdog has urged consumers to stop washing chicken before they cook it to avoid contaminating their kitchen...
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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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UK's Food Watchdog Chief Compares Bringing Cake Into An Office To "Passive Smoking"
The head of the UK's Food Standards Agency said that bringing cake to work was comparable to passive smoking, which puts coworkers at risk.
-
Can Food Spread Covid? Study Reveals Virus May Live For Days On These Foods
COVID-19: The Food Standards Agency (FSA) published research revealing how much time the Covid virus can survive on foods and food packaging.
-
Munching On Burnt Toast? You Must Stop!
Did you know that there might be a health risk linked to burnt toast? In fact, The Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the UK had launched a campaign warning about cancer risks linked to eating burnt toast or any other foods that contained starch being cooked at high temperatures
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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.
-
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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Maggi Noodles Deemed Safe for First Time Since Ban Was Ordered
For the first time since the hugely popular snack was banned across India, Maggi Noodles has passed a test which establishes it complies with food safety standards.
-
Let's Try Again, Says Court, Suggesting New Maggi Noodle Tests
The Bombay High Court has suggested new tests on Maggi noodles, which were banned in India early last month.
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Bombay High Court to Hear Nestle's Plea Over Ban on Maggi Noodles Today
The Bombay High Court - where Nestle has filed a plea over the country-wide ban on its Maggi noddles - said it would hear the case today.
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Maggi Noodles Row Raises Questions on Food Safety Laws in India
As more and more states test samples of Maggi noodles to find out whether it has high lead content or mono-sodium glutamate or MSG, a taste enhancer, questions are being raised about how packaged food items are given license in India and what role does the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) - the nodal agency which gives such appr...
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Health Experts Accuse UK Government for Derailing Salt Reduction Programme
Ending Food Standards Agencys nutrition responsibility slowed progress in cutting deaths and new targets gave industry too much power, health experts say.
-
Chicken Contamination: Public Should Stop Buying Poultry
Action is needed until Food Standards Agency gets a grip on the spread of campylobacter to chickensThe results of official tests of retail chicken for campylobacter contamination are really shocking. I don't use the word lightly. The Food Standards Agency...
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70% of UK Chickens Contaminated with Food Poisoning Bug
According to the Food Standards Agency (FSA), 70 percent of fresh chickens on sale in Britain are contaminated with a food poisoning bug called campylobacter. A six-month survey of chilled whole birds was conducted which found that 18 percent of them...
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Indian-Origin 'Chicken King' Ranjit Boparan at Centre of UK Hygiene Probe
An Indian-origin businessman, referred to as UK's "Chicken King", is at the centre of a major controversey over contamination of poultry.
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Don't Wash Chicken Before Cooking it, Warns Food Standards Agency
Bacteria which are responsible for most food poisoning is spread by splashes and droplets of water caused during cleaningThe government's food watchdog has urged consumers to stop washing chicken before they cook it to avoid contaminating their kitchen...
