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A food business in India can now obtain and retain regulatory approval in ways that would have been difficult to imagine only a few years ago. Under reforms approved by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in March, an FSSAI licence issued today will no longer expire. Read More

Industry experts have widely welcomed the recent Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Amendment Regulations, 2026, as well as the licensing and registration regulations. Read More

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a fresh directive providing relief to food business operators regarding front-of-pack labelling for Coffee-Chicory mixtures, while extending the enforcement timeline to July 1, 2027. Read More

Gujarat has added two more agricultural products to its growing list of Geographical Indication (GI)-certified commodities, with Unjha Cumin and Unjha Fennel receiving GI tags from the Government of India’s GI Registry. Read More

Haldiram’s has recently completed a landmark achievement in its expansion strategy across the country, with the inauguration of its latest outlet in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. Located at WP Arena, Hot Stuff Chauraha, Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg, the new restaurant was inaugurated by Er. Harshvardhan Bajpayee, MLA, Prayagraj North, in the presence of customers, dignitaries, and members of the local community. The launch, in line with the brand’s ‘Acche Din Aa Rahe Hai!’ campaign, underscores its expansion through emerging markets beyond the metros, across the country. Read More

A packet of bread on an Indian supermarket shelf carries the words ‘100% wholewheat bread’ in large type on the front. Turn it over and the ingredient list tells a different story: 62.5 percent whole wheat flour. This is not a hypothetical example. It is Britannia’s bread, purchased in April 2026, more than two years after the company received a formal improvement notice from FSSAI’s advertisement and claims monitoring committee for exactly this discrepancy. Read More

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) directive to Food Business Operators (FBOs) across the country to immediately discontinue the use of metallic pins, staple pins, wires, and similar materials in food packaging and food handling is a timely step toward strengthening food safety standards and modernising packaging practices, opine industry experts Read More

India’s specialized food processing sector is facing a severe compliance wake-up call as regulatory watchdogs are urged to step in and police the increasingly blurred boundary between therapeutic drugs and functional dietary products. Read More

The Tea Board of India has issued guidelines and application procedures for obtaining and renewing the “Tea Mark” Certification, as well as for securing batchwise permissions. Read Morehttps://aifpa.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Guidelines-for-Tea-Mark-Certification-and-batch-permission.pdf

In a major decision aimed at supporting farmers in Tamil Nadu, the Central Government has approved the procurement of copra and Totapuri mangoes during 2026 under the Price Support Scheme (PSS) and the Market Intervention Scheme (MIS), respectively. The approval, granted by Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development, Sh. Shivraj Singh Chouhan, is intended to ensure remunerative prices for growers and protect them from distress sales arising from market fluctuations. Read Morehttps://www.fnbnews.com/Top-News/centre-approves-copra-totapuri-mango-procurement-in-tamil-nadu-87295