FSSAI Proposes Red Warnings on High-FSS Foods
India’s food regulator, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), has proposed introducing red-coloured, hexagonal front-of-pack warning labels on packaged foods that are high in speci...Read More
Mumbai Milk Prices Rise ₹9/Litre From September 1
Mumbai’s fresh milk market is set for a sharp price reset: wholesale milk prices will rise by ₹9 per litre, from ₹93 to ₹102, effective September 1, 2026. The increase comes just ahead of the festive...Read More
Milma Sees Strong Dairy Sales During Onam
The Kerala Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Milma) recorded a 5.61% rise in milk sales and a 9.68% increase in curd sales during the Onam season, highlighting strong consumer demand for cooperat...Read More
India Weighs Front-of-Pack Warnings for Food
India’s packaged-food labelling framework could be heading for a major change. FSSAI is considering mandatory front-of-pack nutrition labelling (FOPNL) that would prominently identify whether a packag...Read More
90% of Delhi Dairies Unauthorised, Report Finds
Delhi’s dairy sector is facing a major regulatory and waste-management challenge: a Delhi government assessment found that nearly 90% of the 557 dairy and gaushala units assessed were unauthorised. Th...Read More
Nestlé Sees India Entering Its Global Top Five
India is on track to become one of Nestlé SA’s five largest markets globally, with the Swiss food and beverage major expecting the country to sustain growth above the group average and attract investm...Read More
Haryana Tightens Rules on Ghee Labelling and Analogue Dairy
The Haryana government has introduced a one-year prohibition on the sale of analogue paneer and margarine marketed as “makhan” (butter), while also tightening how ghee can be marketed. The move is aim...Read More
TN Steps Up H1N1 Surveillance Amid Case Rise
The Tamil Nadu government has intensified surveillance and testing for H1N1 influenza, commonly known as swine flu, following a rise in reported cases, while assuring the public that there is no need...Read More
80% of Rajasthan’s Marketable Milk Unorganised
The Rajasthan Cooperative Dairy Federation (RCDF) has told the Rajasthan High Court that its remit is limited and that approximately 80% of the State’s marketable milk is handled by the unorganised se...Read More
Mumbai FDA Destroys 4,710 Litres of Milk
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has busted a major milk adulteration racket operating from the Mahape MIDC area in Navi Mumbai, seizing and destroying 4,710 litres of adulterated and suspect mi...Read More
Tamil Nadu May Push Milk Procurement to ₹44/Litre
Tamil Nadu Dairy Development Minister Mano Thangraj has said the State government will consider increasing the milk procurement price paid to farmers to ₹44 per litre, responding to continued demands...Read More
Four Ludhiana Dairy Owners Booked Over Waste Disposal
Cow dung management is becoming a compliance issue—not just a sanitation issue—for dairy farms. Four dairy owners from Ludhiana’s Haibowal Dairy Complex have been booked for allegedly disposing of cow...Read More