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<b><font class="UCASE">no food adulteration:</font></b> The Union ministry of health and family welfare has issued draft rules amending the existing Prevention of Food Adulteration rules (1955).
<b><font class="UCASE">no food adulteration:</font></b> The Union ministry of health and family welfare has issued draft rules amending the existing Prevention of Food Adulteration rules (1955).
The food processing industry is only just taking off, says P.N. Kaul, president of the All India Food Processors' Association (aifpa). "We have to think about the industry," he says.
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contaminated milk continues to be sold in Maharashtra despite crack-down measures taken by authorities. The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (fda), had, in a study, found that 20 per
Pesticide residue norms: Cola majors yet to clean up their act, govt drags its feet. Sunita Narain, the feisty director of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), likens her campaign against pesticide
When Parliament convenes for the monsoon session, the government plans to introduce the Food Safety and Standards Bill, 2005. I am sure the government will hope there is enough mayhem to distract the
Final product norms on soft drinks as a distinct category
An Act to make provision for prevention of adulteration of the food. This Act may be called the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954. It extends to the whole of India. It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Strategic Food Quality Management: Analysis of Issues and Policy Options
The Joint Parliamentary Committee has finally delivered its verdict. Affirming that the Centre for Science and Environment s findings about the presence of pesticide residues in aerated water were correct, the panel dismissed as hot air soft drink manufac
Ever wanted to find out whether there is urea in the milk you consume or if oil of argemone has found its way in your mustard oil? Rasoi Kasauti, or Touchstone for Kitchens is the answer to your needs
India s decision to ratify the Biosafety Protocol is meaningless unless domestic laws are tightened
A yummy scoop of ice-cream may be the best way to beat the heat. But some unpalatable facts about the standards being adhered to by ice- cream makers may raise dollops of doubts about the frozen
Revising the standard of honey, compulsory testing of argemone oils, Vanaspati and Bakeri Shortening. (GSR No.895 (E) dated 11/12/2001).
Environmental degradation would undermine China s food security in the coming 30 years
the Delhi government's Prevention of Food Adulteration (pfa) Department has recently seized 20 samples of substandard milk. The 20 samples were a part of 63 samples taken from milk tankers
The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation asking him to place before it the probe report on the adulteration of mustard oil which resulted in
L N MODI, the managing trustee of the Bharatiya Cattle Research Foundation, Delhi, said that adulteration of milk is on the rise. Speaking at a press confer- ence in Delhi, he informed that in
An adulterated cooking medium sparks off panic in India, but the government remains clueless on how to deal with the crisis
It was a strong anti adulteration law aimed at the standardising of food stuffs. Stronger industrial lobbies and vested interests helped it die a quiet death