Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
with no government regulations in place , until recently, the bottled water industry in India was totally unorganised. Any one could set up a bottling plant, fill bottles with tap water and sell it in the market. There was a big question mark on the quality of water. This may …
the US government will be legislating more stringent laws for genetically modified (gm) and biotech foods. gm food makers will be required to submit information about their products to the Food and Drug Administration ( fda ), the us food regulation agency, before marketing them. fda is planning to develop …
Hydrogenated fat, also called trans fatty acids, are used by the food industry to increase shelf life and flavour in a wide variety of products, including french fries, crackers, cookies and snack foods. But some scientific studies have linked trans fatty acids to premature heart disease. For instance, trans fatty …
using a chemical catalyst and energy from the Sun, scientists in Maharashtra have developed a technique to treat foul-smelling distillery wastes. Tests on a small laboratory-type reactor showed that the method can be used to detoxify 100 litres of diluted distillery wastewater in five days. Results of the project at …
the European Commission's (ec) consumer protection department has rejected the explanation given by Coca-Cola for the contamination scare that broke out in France and Belgium in May and June. The department also found fault with the French authorities' handling of the problem. A recently released report by the department said …
The Delhi High Court has ruled that soft drink multinational Coco Cola India could continue manufacturing Diet Coke. The health ministry had disallowed flexibility in the levels of sucrose in the making of
Coca Cola Enterprises (CCE), the exclusive bottler for Coke in northern Europe, have said that there has been a 70 per cent drop in second-quarter profits due to the recent recall of Coke products in Europe. The recall of nearly 17 million unit cases of soft drinks, when dozens of …
Indian companies have a lot to learn from the recent Coke scare in Europe. In two separate incidents, more than 100 Belgians fell ill last month after drinking Coke. This scare came after a series of similar incidents had already taken place in Europe from the 'mad cow disease' to …
those who want to produce aromatic wine should head for Israel. Grapes grown in the saline region of Negev Desert produce more aromatic wine than those that have been conventionally cultivated. Ben-Ami Bravdo of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem experimented with different root stocks. He found that a type called …
CADILLAC IN AUTORACE: Traditional American luxury automaker Cadillac will compete in the grueling 24-hour Le Mans auto race in June 2000. Cadillac officials, who disclosed their plans at the Geneva International Motor Show, said they would use a 4.0-litre version of their technologically advanced Northstar V8 engine to power the …
A STUDY conducted by Shobhana Warrier, a professor at the Jamia Millia Isalmia, Delhi, notes that the workers in fish processing units are often made to work under pathetic conditions and live in dilapidated, dingy, humid sheds under unhygenic conditions. As a result, they suffer from various ailments. The workers, …
A CASE FOR CONCRETE: New concrete varieties have been developed by Russian experts which are resistant to moisture, frost, water and chemicals and do not dry up fast. Researchers from the Moscow-based Stroi-progress company have developed a novel binder with low-water yield. This is the key component of this wonder …
UNUSUAL stoves that make use of rice hull as fuel have been designed by some entrepreneurs in the Philippines. With rising costs of fossil fuels and firewood disappearing from forests, rice-hull stoves are increasingly becoming popular in the service industries as well as in rural households in the Philippines (Sustainable …
MUCH controversy later, EU countries have finally agreed upon rules to allow the sales of genetically engineered products. While food companies are naturally relieved at the outcome, the Eu decision has sparked off protests among environmentalists who have campaigned for long against the import of such products into the region. …
african nations could possibly find some avenue out of the endless series of droughts, under-production of food and resultant civil wars, if they manage to emulate India by urgently acquiring and utilising appropriate food technologies to boost production, preservation, packaging and distribution of local food stuff. This conclusion was reached …
Dates are making a comeback in the international market. Gulf countries, till now solely reliant on oil exports, are seeking to diversify into agricultural industries through the use of modern horticultural and food -processing techniques. Omanis are taking renewed interest in dates, which is the largest agricultural product of the …
THE sun no longer shines on the fast-food industry these days. Kentucky Fried Chicken's maiden venture in India landed the us fast-food giant in a soup, with allegations of carcinogenic chicken being on its menu. And in the UK, McDonald's Corporation seems to have bitten off more than it can …
ENJOYING one's food is almost as dependent on the sense of P1 smell as on the tastebuds. In P-9 fact, it is the nose that first gets a whiff of aroma emanating from the meal, which if found appetising, makes the mouth water. Again, addition of saliva to food morsels …
BIOTECH: Yet another drug company in the US has linked its lot with a biotech firm in a bid to expand its product line. Schering Plough Corp has forged a deal with COR Therapeutics Inc, agreeing to pay a whopping US $120 million to gain access to COR's experimental heart …
Enter the food pharmacy: while major competing pharmaceutical firms scour their laboratories for a wonder drug to outsmart the newest disease on the block, a new breed of nutritionists and naturopaths have announced their arrival in medicine's big league. For food pharmacists, treatment goes beyond the "You are what you …
