A three member committee was directed by the NGT to probe the allegations of encroachment by stone crusher units on the river bed of Ganga flowing through Sahibganj in Jharkhand. The committee after visiting the site will submit its report within a period of three weeks. In case violations are …
Udhagamandalam: With artificially ripened mangoes flooding this hill station, the civic authorities swung into action on Sunday to check the trend. Led by the Municipal Health Officer Poonkodi, a team carried out a surprise inspection inside the municipal market. It was found that a large quantity of mangoes had been …
MUMBAI: Officials of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have seized huge stocks of three leading brands of energy drinks, collectively worth around Rs 2.64 crore, from Mumbai and Pune. The move comes close on the heels of recent amendments to the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act. Most of these …
Lahore High Court (LHC) Judge Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, while hearing a petition against the supply of adulterated milk, has appointed a senior counsel Shahzad Shaukat as the local commission to inspect the samples of the milk at a food laboratory and report to the court today (Thursday). Before leaving …
The govt's move to once again defer the enforcement of detailed nutritional information on packaged food labels is incomprehensible Business Standard / New Delhi April 5, 2009, 0:46 IST The government
Dilip Kumar Jha / Mumbai March 26, 2009, 0:19 IST Terming blending of crude palm oil with other oils as an "unfair trade practice", leading edible oil manufacturers, packers and traders in the country have demanded that the government broaden the scope of an existing law to ban sale of …
New Delhi: The Delhi Government has extended for three months the ban on sale of Chinese dairy products, which contained high-level of kidney-stone causing chemical, in the national Capital. The products were banned in the country in September last year in the wake of the detection of high level of …
NEW DELHI: To keep a check on food adulteration and to maintain international food standards for the products being manufactured in the state, the Union Ministry of Food Processing Industries in association with the state government, has decided to set up a fully-automated world class food quality monitoring laboratory in …
Mercury is one of the most dangerous environmental pollutants, both in its elemental form and in chemical combination. When mercury is released into the environment it gets transformed into methyl mercury through microbial action. The methylation of mercury is a key step in the entrance of mercury into food chains. …
To ensure supply of good quality foodgrains for mid-day meal scheme under the Public Distribution System (PDS), the government has issued fair average quality foodgrains conforming to the Food Adulteration Act (PFA) standards, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Friday. During surprise visits to the schools of the four states …
A bill to regulate the import, manufacture, export, sale, transport, distribution, quality and use of pesticides with a view to. control pests; ensure availability of quality pesticides; allow its use only after assessing its efficacy and safety; minimize the contamination of agricultural commodities by pesticide residues; create awareness among users …
The Ministry of Food Processing Industries, GOI, has declared 2008-09 as Food safety and Quality Year. Food safety implies absence or safe levels of various of kinds of contaminants. Sources of food contamination include harmful chemicals, heavy metals, pesticides, preservatives, colouring agents, additives, adulterants etc. Food contamination leads of life-threatening …
Adulterated milk is one of the main topics of discussion. Studies all over the city have revealed that the adulteration levels vary from 5% to 25%. Substances such as soda bicarbonate (to increase the shelf life of milk), starch (to increase its viscosity), sweetening agents to improve its taste and …
A student who fell ill at the school undergoes treatment at a Ranchi hospital. Picture by Prashant Mitra Ranchi, Nov. 13: At least five boys have died after consuming milk and snacks in a government-run residential school in Jharkhand, the tragedy unfolding on the eve of children
Consumers will soon be able to figure out if a pack of biscuits, chips or juice is high in nutrients and low in fats. Labels of packaged foods must now compulsorily list nutritional facts per 100 gm or 100 ml or per serving. This has been spelt out by the …
Colombo Additional Magistrate, Manjula Thilakarathne has ordered Edna Chocolates (Ceylon) Ltd. to stop production, sales, and export of Edna chocolates due to the usage of milk powder contaminated with melamine. Consumer Affairs Authority of Sri Lanka, bringing to the notice of the Colombo Additional Magistrate has proved that Edna chocolates …
A mobile court realised Tk 95,000 in fines from four factories during an anti-adulteration drive in Tangail town on Thursday for making food items in unhygienic environment. The mobile court also seized a huge quantity of date-expired and sub-standard vermicelli and flour. The mobile court led by Captain CAH Mahmud …
These rules may be called the Prevention of Food Adulteration (5th Amendment) Rules, 2008. They shall come into force on the expiry of a period of six months from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
