Hyderabad - The Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Dr. Qu Dongyu, along with a delegation from FAO, visited Kaveri Seed Company Ltd on June 15, 2023. The purpose of the visit was to observe the company's Advanced
FSSAI chief calls for regulatory vigilance to ensure food safety and quality
April 21, 2021
Rita Teaotia, Commerce Secretary - THE HINDU×
The fifth session of the Codex Committee on Spices and culinary herbs begins virtual meet. Underlining the importance of safe and quality food amidst the pandemic situation, Rita Teaotia, Chairperson, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), has said that the regulatory bodies need to be more vigilant to ensure food safety and quality.
Inaugurating the fifth session of the Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) established under Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), Teaotia described the risk of unscrupulous and intentional adulteration of spices through substitution due to their high economic value. “This economically motivated adulteration is a major malpractice and we need to be extremely vigilant particularly in the regulatory space to avoid such practices. It is important that we have harmonized Codex
Fifty-nation meeting begins on global food safety during pandemic
From Krishnan Nayar
NEW DELHI, 21st April, 2021 (WAM) Underlining the importance of safe and quality food globally amidst the situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, 300 experts from 50 countries have begun discussions on how to ensure food safety and quality.
The discussions, hosted by the Government of India and held virtually are under the rubric of the fifth session of the Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) and the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), inter-governmental bodies established jointly by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Health Organisation.