Punjab-based AgNext Technologies, an ag-tech startup has developed an NIR-spectroscopy, AI and machine-learning enabled device to help catch milk adulteration early.
Since the last year, health supplements companies have come under the scanner. There were reports and research that pointed to the harm that health supplements cause in the long run.
Pawan Kumar Agarwal CEO, FSSAI, in a statement, says, “We have decided to redefine our role as an organisation that helps align the expectations of key stakeholders, including scientists, testing labs, food businesses, state governments and consumers.”
“These regulations are aimed at establishing fairness in claims and advertisements of food products and make food businesses accountable for such claims /advertisements so as to protect consumer interests.”
One of the most important lifestyle choices is the introduction of the right kind of milk in your diet. It is vital because there is no such thing as one-milk-for-all. Some children are lactose intolerant and find it difficult to digest it, some others are unable to digest the protein found in cow’s milk.
A total of 100 draft amendments to the existing Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act has been proposed by the national regulator to clampdown adulteration.