CA Pankit Shah

FSSAI strengthens regulatory system for health supplements India's wellbeing supplement and nutraceutical industry is quickly developing and is ready to  be USD 10 Billion industry by 2025. As this division develops, FSSAI is equipping itself to  fortify the administrative biological system through cross-outskirt joint effort and learning  from universal accepted procedures.  In December, 2016, FSSAI had informed the Food Safety and Standards (Health , Enhancements, Nutraceuticals, Food for Special Dietary Use, Food for Special Medical  Reason, Functional Food and Novel Food) Regulations, 2016. These guidelines spread eight classes of sustenances and convey point by point necessities about their organization,  claims, names and so forth. These sustenances are wellbeing supplements, nutraceuticals, nourishments for uncommon  dietary use, sustenance for exceptional therapeutic reason, claim to fame nourishment containi...

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROCESSING Based on Schedule 4 of Food Safety & Standards (Licensing & Registration of Food Businesses) Regulation, 2011 India's diverse climate ensures availability of all varieties of fruits & vegetables. It is now the second largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world and is the leader in several horticultural crops, namely mango, banana, papaya, cashew-nuts, areca nut, potato and okra. Fruits and vegetables account for nearly 90% of total horticulture production in the country. Though India's share in the global market is still nearly 1% only, there is increasing acceptance of horticulture produce from the country. Capacity building initiatives at the farmers, processors and exporters' levels will contribute towards this effort. It is projected that implementation of this guidance document on Food Safety Management System (FSMS) for Fruits and Vegetables Processing will assist the manufacturers th...

How to fight Online Banking Fraud  ? Every good thing comes at a cost.  Take the case of net banking. Online banking has made life easy for customers in many ways. They can now do a lot of banking transactions from home and do not need to visit their bank for routine works. However, the bank customers need to be vigilant to ensure that they don’t fall prey to identity theft fraudsters, who employ many ways to steal money from the customer’s account. While accessing the bank’s website, the customer should always look out for padlok and the URL starting with “https” Bank customers can take several steps to check fraudsters and protect their identity online. The first step for protecting identity starts with an understanding of the identity theft and being prepared to protect personal data from thieves . While preventive measures are necessary, it is also important for bank customers to be aware of what to do when they fall prey to fraudsters. following s...

To check this, the regulator has directed the organised dairy sector to strictly complying with the quality norms and put in place 'testing and inspection' at entire value chain by January 1, 2020     Processed milk, including of major brands, have failed to meet the prescribed quality norm in 37.7 per cent of the total samples tested, according to an FSSAI study. In safety parameters too, 10.4 per cent of the processed milk samples were non-compliant, much higher than 4.8 per cent in raw milk. Adulteration was found in only 12 of the total samples surveyed with maximum reported in Telangana, followed by Madhya Pradesh and Kerala, the study said. The FSSAI study collected a total 6,432 milk samples from 1,103 towns and cities between May and October 2018 in all states and union territories. About 40.5 per cent of the total sample was processed milk, while the rest was raw milk. To check this, the regulator has directed the organised dairy sector to strictly start c...