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 …
Streets in major cities of Kerala will soon be dotted with 'food trucks', providing healthy, hygienic and delicious dishes, thanks to 'Food on Wheels', an innovative initiative drawn up by Gender Park, a state-owned autonomous institution. After the success of its acclaimed 'She-Taxi' project, the Gender Park, under the Department …
SHIMLA: Investors are showing keen interest in setting up industrial units in diversified fields like solar energy, air taxi services and food park sector in Himachal Pradesh, says industries minister Mukesh Agnihotri, who was in Delhi for the two-days investor meet. He said the meet provided a fruitful platform to …
The objective of the study was to assess whether Front-of-Pack (FOP) nutrition labels garner attention more readily than more complete, mandated nutrition information (the Nutrition Facts Panel (NFP), required in the US), and (2) To determine whether label design characteristics, specifically, color coding and/or coding with facial icons, increase attention …
The Credit Suisse Research Institute released a report entitled "Fat: The New Health Paradigm" which explores the influence of medical recommendations on fat consumption globally, the recent change in consumer perceptions of fat, and what impact this shift has for investors. While historically medical recommendations encouraged dramatically reducing consumption of …
The Jharkhand Food Processing Industry Policy 2015 aims at creating favorable atmosphere for setting-up of Food Processing Units in the State through the creation of infrastructure facilities, encouragement of capital investment and technology up-gradation, development of marketing network, development promotion, grants and concessions. To ensure balanced economic development of the …
Residents of Hoai Duc district's Duong Lieu Village complain they have had to live for years with pollution caused by thousands of cubic metres of untreated waste water discharged from the nearby food processing workshops. "Pollution has affected the ground water, leading to residents' drilled wells smelling horribly," said Nguyen …
Just 16% food adulterators were convicted in the state over the past two years even though there has been a rise in the number of complaints of contaminated food in the market. Statistics from Tamil Nadu food safety department shows it collected 3,531 food samples from across the state since …
US food producer General Mills has announced that it aims to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 28% across the entirety of its value chain in the next 10 years. General Mills will cut emissions from ‘farm to fork to landfill’ to achieve an overall reduction of 50-70% in emissions …
The cabinet today approved the much-awaited Jharkhand Food Processing Policy-2015 and Jharkhand Industrial Park Policy-2015 to provide an impetus to the state's growth. The cabinet also approved the Jharkhand Film Shooting Regulation-2015, a move aimed at improving revenue earnings and promoting the state as a favoured destination among filmmakers. The …
Government agencies may be making tall claims of protecting consumer rights, particularly in case of food products, but the existing legal provisions expose how people are at the mercy of retailers and state agencies to get justice when they suspect a product to be unsafe or adulterated. According to the …
Samples To Be Sent To Three Authorized Labs Over two months after the food safety regulator imposed a nationwide ban on Maggi noodles, the Bombay high court on Thursday struck down the order as “arbitrary“ and “in violation of the principles of natural justice“. The decision, which questioned the quality …
The No sales of Maggi noodles till results from fresh tests in In a major reprieve for Nestle India, the Bombay High Court on Thursday set aside the order of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and other state food regulators banning the nine variants of popular …
Clears Rs 1,500 cr SCRIPS project, Biju Expressway "The IPR 2015 has been approved after several rounds of consultation with different administrative departments and industry associations. Stress has been laid on infrastructure development in the latest IPR. The striking feature is the grant of employment based incentives," said chief secretary …
The Bombay high court on 13 August 2015, struck down FSSAI’s order of a nationwide ban on the sale of Nestle India's popular 2-minute Maggi noodles. Nestle India has been asked to conduct fresh safety tests on the product before relaunching it. Order of the Bombay High Court in the …
COIMBATORE: Food safety officers have begun collecting samples from KFC outlets and Pepsico's Kurkure following a high court directive ordering the food safety authority to check for the presence of bacteria in their foods. However, authorities say that so far they have not found anything incriminating in the samples. Food …
The Maggi noodles controversy is increasingly turning out to be a tussle between the central food regulator and state bodies on the issue of testing of samples and giving a clean chit to Swiss food major Nestlé. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Wednesday issued a …
Over the past several months, new product launches have slowed as companies are growing increasingly anxious about regulatory oversight The list of food companies that are cutting back supply, withdrawing products from the market and putting new launches on hold is getting longer by the day. In the latest such …
On June 5, the FSSAI ordered Nestle India to withdraw all nine variants of Maggi instant noodles from the market. The Bombay High Court Tuesday asked the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) if it was influenced by information on the internet while ordering a ban on Maggi …
Dubious testing facilities, half-baked safety standards and nonchalant attitudes to hygiene may mean that virtually every food item is prone to contamination. Wade through the busy road leading to Azadpur Mandi in the Capital, Asia's largest wholesale market for fruits and vegetables, and you will see different varieties being sold …
Firm temporarily halts supply to change pack labels and remove the `no added MSG' declaration After its Maggi noodles, Nestle's Maggi Pazzta too has gone off shop shelves as the Indian arm of the Swiss foods giant has temporarily halted supplying its instant pasta brand to retailers to change its …
