Safe & Nutritious Food

Can FSSAI look at developing a standard where certain foods based on their nutrition value are classified as Junk Food. All these food products like soft drinks, chips, pizzas, high cal biscuits co...

Some members in this circle were discussing use of ozonifiers. My word of caution. Ozone not only deactivates the pesticides and bacteria present on edibles rather it is dangerous for humans, too. ...

All most all posts on food safety offer precautions to be taken by consumers and advise us to be on guard. It is well taken. But I don't understand the following: In the case of manufac...

It is great to see such a community of food experts, citizens and FSSAI. I would like to raise the issue about awareness and action at farmer level. How do we identify common unsafe prac...

The circle on Food Safety could be quite productive if the sample test reports are shared on various public domain, electronic and print media etc. These report should get published with the name ...

I think the local circles food safety circle is a great platform but its true value will emerge when in addition to FSSAI headquarters even the food officers from across India become part of it and...

Grapes - Fungicides are used more compared to insecticides as in brinjal or tomato. Fungicides are less poisonous compared to insecticides. Systemic fungicides and insecticides can't be removed by ...

A recent study from CERC consumer center tested organic rice brands. 6/7 of them had high levels of pesticide and heavy metals. Feel FSSAI should share test results of the 5-6 common rice brands so...

Artificially ripened fruit can be identified by their lack of a uniform colour. For example, artificially ripened mangoes will be green and yellow in patches around the surface. This may be because...

I am sharing some toxins to avoid. FSSAI may share more if they have them documented. Fungal toxins Mushroom toxin: While commercially cultivated mushrooms are safe, some wild ...