Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amit Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant has raised a grievance against setting up of a tyre pyrolysis plant by M/s Adideva Carbon LLP. According to the applicant, the tyre pyrolysis plant has …
Labelling of genetically modified foods is a contentious issue and internationally there is sharp division on whether such labels ought to be mandatory. This debate has reached India where the government has proposed mandatory labels. Mandatory labelling aims to provide greater information and correspondingly more informed consumer choice. However, even …
The draft of food safety and standards regulations 2010 released by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). See also: Report: Food safety and standards act www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/258050 Report: Food safety and standards regulations, 2009 www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/294615 Report: Food safety & standards rules www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/294616 Report: Food safety and standards bill www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/258057 …
This draft on Regulation of Trans Fatty Acids ,TFAs, in Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils, PHVOs by FSSAI has proposed that Level of TFA in Vanaspati / PHVO, be fixed at 10% maximum and brought down to 5% in 3 years. Industrially produced trans fats are formed during partial hydrogenation, a …
Energy drinks are non-alcoholic beverages containing caffeine, guarana, glucuronolactone, taurine, ginseng, inositol, carnitine, B-vitamins etc. as main ingredients that act as stimulants. In recent years, a number of different energy drinks have been introduced in the Indian market to provide an energy boost or as dietary supplements. These drinks contain …
These rules may be called the Food Safety and Standards Rules, 2010. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official Gazette.
If the nationwide furore over Bt brinjal was driven by the fear of unsafe food being pushed down the throat, the proposed Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (brai) bill goes a step further to silence all opposition. The bill will bring about changes in regulating the research, transport, import, manufacture …
Seema Sindhu / New Delhi March 12, 2010, 1:13 IST To ensure quality food and safety standards in the food sector besides introducing a better surveillance mechanism, the government plans to tie up with agricultural universities, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and other institutions that have food-testing laboratories. The …
Several issues, ranging from sustainability to health, may interest the consumers in the corn content of their food. However, because restaurants are excluded from the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990, national chain restaurants provide nonspecific ingredient information and small businesses supply none. We measured the carbon isotope composition …
This report represents the conclusions of a Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee convened to evaluate the safety of various food additives, with a view to recommending acceptable daily intakes (ADIs) and to preparing specifications for identity and purity. The first part of the report contains a general discussion of the principles …
The monographs contained in this volume were prepared at the seventy-first meeting of the Joint Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)/ World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), which met at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on 16
For survival of small units MADURAI: The Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 should be amended suitably to ensure the survival of micro and small food processing units that scrupulously followed all standards of food safety, said Tamil Nadu Foodgrains Merchants
These regulations may be called the Food safety and standards (milk and milk products) amendment regulation, 2009. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
Report of the Joint Meeting of the FAO panel of experts on pesticide residues in food and the environment and the WHO core assessment group on pesticide residues held at Geneva, Switzerland from 16-25 Sep 2009.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 91 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006), the Central Government hereby makes the rules. These rules may be called the Food Safety and Standards Rules, 2009. They shall come into force on the date of their publication …
The Draft Food Safety and Standards Regulations, 2009 have been prepared in consultation with various stake holders and after through deliberations in a series of meetings in the Food Safety Standards Authority of India. These Rules include qualification of the enforcement agencies, manner of sampling, determination of cases for referring …
