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Food regulator FSSAI has proposed banning addition of fructose and sucrose in food products for infants up to six months of age, a move aimed at safeguarding children's health by minimising early exposure to added sugar. The objective is to strengthen nutritional safeguards for infants, according to a statement from Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has published a draft amendment to the Food Safety and Standards (Foods for Infant Nutrition) Regulations, 2020, proposing to "prohibit the addition of sucrose and fructose in food products intended for infants up to six months of age". The draft Food Safety and Standards (Foods for Infant Nutrition) Amendment Regulations, 2026 seeks to further strengthen the existing regulatory framework by ensuring that infant nutrition products are formulated in accordance with age-appropriate nutritional requirements. The draft notification has been published for public consultation. ...

Order mandates FSSAI licences and BIS marks, tightens labelling and promotion rules, and bars advertising, discounts and benefits to health workers across Maharashtra.

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Friday said it has initiated legal action against Nestle India Ltd for alleged non-compliance with food safety norms in three infant nutrition products. According to FSSAI, it examined NAN Excella Pro Stage 1, Lactogen Pro 1, and a follow-up formula along with their promotional material available on e-commerce platforms. In NAN Excella Pro Stage 1, the regulator flagged claims relating to "5HMOs" and "Whey Protein," while in Lactogen Pro 1, it observed a claim describing "Whey Protein" as easy to digest, the regulator said in a social media post. FSSAI said it had sought clarifications from Nestle India on these claims. Both the products were found to be in contravention of Regulation 4(2) of the Food Safety and Standards (Foods for Infant Nutrition) Regulations, 2020, which restrict promotional claims or material aimed at increasing the saleability of infant foods, as well as Section 3 of the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feed

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Startup baby products maker Baby Forest is targeting tie-ups with premium babycare hospitals to open about 100 kiosk type stores as part of its sales network expansion strategy, according to its Founder and CEO, Gagan Agarwal. The Noida-headquartered firm, which has a range of ayurveda-based premium baby skincare products along with other items for infants and kids, is targeting a revenue of Rs 250 crore in the next five years, Agarwal told PTI. The company had started with independent stores in malls in the National Capital and Bengaluru. "After having three mall stores, we decided one more strategy, to have a kiosk type store in premium baby care hospital," Agarwal said, adding the company now has kiosk type stores in hospitals such as Motherhood Noida and Artemis Gurgaon, among others. "We are looking forward for about 100 such stores in hospitals, only in the hospitals," he said. Explaining the rationale behind the strategy, Agarwal said,"What we feel is somehow the starting .

The baby-shower gifts market in India was valued at around Rs 750 crore in 2024 and is expected to double by 2029 with a CAGR of approximately 12-14 per cent

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Actor Sagarika Ghatge and her cricketer husband, Zaheer Khan, have been blessed with a baby boy. Married for 8 years, the couple shared the happy news with fans alongside first photos and name

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Some viewers argued finfluencer Neha Nagar's estimates were reflective of an upper-middle-class urban lifestyle, making them unrealistic for the average Indian household

The Chennai couple decided not to seek professional help and relied on WhatsApp group instructions to deliver their baby at home. A local health officer complained to the police

The cost of baby milk formula was in the spotlight during Britain's inflation-driven cost of living crisis, with media reports saying that some struggling parents had resorted to watering it down

The niche - and growing - segment within the healthcare industry targets an affluent clientele

Soon after her birth, her mother was taken to New Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital where ministers, bureaucrats made a beeline to get photographed with the nation's billionth citizen

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After 38,000 serious allegations, Johnson and Johnson's talc-based baby powder will stop international sales from 2023. The product has already been discontinued in the US and Canada

The data from NFHS-5 for 22 states and Union Territories, that were collected between June 1, 2019, and January 30, 2020, were released in December 2020