Food Standards
Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding violation of environmental norms by a tyre pyrolysis plant, village Sakauti, Shamli, Uttar Pradesh, 28/05/2025
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 …Analysis of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in olive oil after solid-phase extraction using a dual-layer sorbent cartridge followed by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Fluorescence Detection
A simple and easy direct solid-phase extraction (SPE) method was developed for the analysis of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in olive oil using a dual-layer cartridge containing activated Florisil and a mixture of octadecyl (C18)-bonded and zirconia-coated silicas. Undiluted olive oil was applied directly to the SPE cartridge, and the …Half of Chinese food plants fail inspections
Quality control specialist says 48.1 per cent of the inspections it carried out in China last year failed to meet modern health and safety standards In a year that marked a nadir for McDonald's, which led the list of foreign food brands engulfed in Chinese scandals, a Hong Kong-based quality …Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Amendment Regulations, 2014
Notification on Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Regulation, 2011, on Antibiotics in Honey dated : 23-12-2014. These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Amendment Regulations, 2014.Eightieth report on the Food Safety and Standards (Amendment) Bill, 2014
Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare present this Eightieth Report of the Committee on the Food Safety and Standards (Amendment) Bill, 2014. The Food Safety and Standards (Amendment) Bill, 2014 (hereinafter referred to as the Bill) was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on the 19th February, 2014 …Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2014
Draft notification on amendments of levels of Trans Fatty Acid (TFA) in partially hrdrogenated vegetables oils .Question raised in Rajya Sabha on pesticides in cold drinks, 12/08/2014
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on pesticides in cold drinks, 12/08/2014.McDonald’s, KFC face food safety scandal
McDonald’s and KFC in China faced a new food safety scare on Monday after a Shanghai television station reported a supplier sold them expired beef and chicken. The companies said they immediately stopped using meat from the supplier, Husi Food Co., Ltd. The Shanghai office of China’s food and drug …Hundred and fifty-first report on the petition praying for review of meat export policy
The Committee on Petitions of Rajya Sabha under the Chairmanship of Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari, MP, presented its Hundred and Fifty-first Report to the Rajya Sabha on 13th February, 2014 on the petition praying for review of Meat Export Policy.Question raised in Rajya Sabha regarding Banning of products containing raw tobacco, 15/07/2014
Question raised in Rajya Sabha regarding Banning of products containing raw tobacco, 15/07/2014.Expert consensus document: The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics consensus statement on the scope and appropriate use of the term probiotic
An expert panel was convened in October 2013 by the International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) to discuss the field of probiotics. It is now 13 years since the definition of probiotics and 12 years after guidelines were published for regulators, scientists and industry by the Food and …Food losses and waste in the context of sustainable food systems
This policy-oriented report from the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) presents a synthesis of existing evidence about the causes of food losses and waste and suggests action to reduce them in order to improve food and nutrition security and the sustainability of food systems. …Voluntary standards for sustainable food systems: challenges and opportunities
With the sustainability of food systems becoming central to achieving food security, this report of the 2013 workshop on voluntary standards for sustainable food systems addresses in particular issues from the point of view of the many different stakeholders involved. By addressing the needs of all the various stakeholders, the …Indian cashew processing industry-An overview
Cashew is often regarded as 'poor man's crop and rich man's food' and is an important cash crop and highly valued nut in the global market. The area under cashew cultivation is the highest in India. However, it is not so in the case of productivity, processing and quality. In …The Food Safety and Standards (Amendment) Bill, 2014
A Bill further to amend the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. This Act may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Amendment) Act, 2014.Higher pesticide residue levels in vegetables exported to Saudi Arabia - Question raised in Rajya Sabha, 05/02/2014
Higher pesticide residue levels in vegetables exported to Saudi Arabia - Question raised in Rajya Sabha, 05/02/2014.Inorganic and total arsenic contents in rice-based foods for children with Celiac Disease
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease that affects the villi of the small intestine causing abdominal pain, gas, diarrhea, or bad absorption due to gluten intolerance. The only treatment for this disease consists of a lifelong gluten free diet; this is, celiac people cannot consume products containing gluten, such as …Why are midday meals not up to the mark: High Court
Taking note of a report published in Newsline on Wednesday, the Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi government and the three civic agencies to look into the issue of why the midday meals supplied to students in schools run by the three civic agencies of the capital are not …Schools of Murder
At 12.30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 16, the school bell tolled to signal lunch. The 58 schoolchildren present on the day-of the 79 enrolled in the Gandaman Primary School in Chhapra, some 120 km northwest of Patna-picked up the cheap steel plates for their free lunches, provided as part of …Midday meal: Government plans special team to check food quality
BANGALORE: "We've granted special permission to schools and cooks to reject inferior ingredients and vegetables,'' primary and secondary education minister KimmaneRathnakar said. The government will launch a new scheme to look into infrastructure issues that include storage facilities, kitchens and quality drinking water. A senior officer said the government was …Notification of Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) second amendment Regulations, 2013 (relating to transfatty acid, etc.)
Notification of Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) second amendment Regulations, 2013 (relating to transfatty acid, etc.).