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Despite a sharp and continuous surge in open-market wheat prices, the Central Government has reduced the weekly wheat auction quota by 5,000 tonnes for the upcoming auction on October 28, bringing the total allocation down to 1.01 lakh tonnes. Read More

Trade bodies have welcomed the Union Government’s recent decision to ban the use of sugarcane juice, sugar syrup, and B-heavy molasses for ethanol production in the upcoming 2026–27 supply year. Read More

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a strict advisory to Food Business Operators (FBOs) regarding the handling, storage, and transportation of perishable food commodities such as khoa, paneer, meat, and fish under controlled temperature conditions, and the FBOs are now required to maintain detailed consignment records, invoices, traceability documents & producing them upon demand by competent authorities. Read More

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued an advisory making it mandatory for manufacturers of health supplements, nutraceuticals, and special dietary foods to display clear warning statements and specific plant-part details on products containing botanical ingredients. Read More

With the new sugar season commencing on October 1, 2026, the Government of India has tightened stock-holding norms for sugar dealers to ensure adequate supplies and reasonable prices during the festive season. Read More

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has taken strict enforcement action against products from Nestle India and Everest Food Products Pvt Ltd. As per FSSAI, for Nestle, a prohibitory order on sale of ‘low fat dairy whitener’ was issued while Everest was asked to recall its ‘pre packed cumin powder’. Read More

The Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has written to all the commissioners of food safety and regional directors to conduct special drives to ensure food safety, quality and prevention of adulteration during the upcoming festival season. Read More

The Government has decided that the existing 15 days’ stockholding limit for bulk consumers is relaxed to 30 days, subject to the condition that the quantity of stock held beyond the existing 15 days’ limit shall be sourced exclusively from sugar imported under the Advance Authorisation Scheme (AAS) and Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ). Read More

The FSSAI has formally reconstituted its top-tier Scientific Committee alongside 21 specialised Scientific Panels, with a formal order setting a new three-year tenure for the incoming expert bodies effective immediately. Read More

In its submission to the Supreme Court, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) proposed a red hexagonal warning label for packaged food items high in fat, sugar, and salt (HFSS). Read Morehttps://www.fnbnews.com/Top-News/red-hexagonal-warning-label-for-packaged-hfss-items-proposed-87739