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Teaotia appointed FSSAI chairperson; Takes over from interim chair Sudan
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Monday, January 21, 2019
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Our Bureau, New Delhi
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Rita Teaotia assumed the office of chairperson, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India on November 28, 2018. She took over from interim chair Preeti Sudan, who was secretary, ministry of health, and given additional charge of the country’s apex food regulator upon the retirement of Ashish Bahuguna.
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Salmonella can contaminate pre-harvest; can enter from soil, finds IISc
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Tuesday, January 15, 2019
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Nandita Vijay, Bengaluru
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Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Bengaluru, have found that Salmonella, an infectious bacteria, is seen to contaminate pre-harvest and the bacteria is seen to enter the plant even from infected soil.
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