FSSAI Expands Surveillance To Fortified Rice & Dairy Products
After initiating a probe into alleged violations of norms in branded spices, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
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Fortification
FSSAI issues revised list of labs for testing micronutrients in FR, FRK.
The national food regulator has issued a revised list of notified laboratories for testing of micronutrients in Fortified Rice (FR),
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Tracing rice fortification: India orders firms to adopt traceability application to prevent adulteration.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has ordered all manufacturing firms of fortified rice to integrate a
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FCI to procure additional 10 lakh MT of fortified rice from Odisha: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
By PTI The Centre has approved a proposal to procure an additional 10 lakh MT of fortified parboiled rice from
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Iron-fortified rice will lower anaemia in India. It has no known adverse effects
By PRASHANTH THANKACHAN Large-scale change in a country’s nutritional status takes time, even years, but when safe and effective food-based
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Punjab: FCI agrees to again test fortified rice samples
Three months after rice shellers in Punjab went on a strike against the rejection of samples of fortified rice exceeding
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Fortified rice key to address malnutrition: Experts
Fortified Rice Kernels (FRKs) are crucial for the country to collectively address malnutrition and anemia as they have been scientifically
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Kerala asks Centre to provide red-coloured kernels to fortify PDS rice
By M S Vidyanandan Kerala has requested the Central government to provide red-coloured fortified kernels for fortifying the rice supplied
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FSSAI issues guidelines for sampling of fortified rice, FRK, VMP for FRK
By Ashwani Maindola FSSAI has issued guidelines for sampling of fortified rice (FR), fortified rice kernels (FRK) and vitamin mineral
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States Lacked Capacity to Test Fortified Rice, But Had to Give it to the Poor
By Anumeha Yadav To reduce anaemia and malnutrition, the Union government began experimenting with supplying rice grains artificially enhanced with
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