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 …
The first-ever indigenous low-cost pathogen kit, use to check food contamination, is all set to hit the market. Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad will inaugurate the kits this week. Developed by the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Hyderabad, the kit can be used for checking the quality of food …
The Consumer Federation Tamil Nadu (CONFET) has appealed to Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to arrange suitable compensation, as provided for under the Food Safety and Standards Act, to the family of A. Abirami (8) of Seplanatham near Neyveli, who died recently after consuming bottled soft drink. In a representation addressed to …
The Supreme Court today asked the states to give up their lenient attitude towards those responsible for adulteration of milk and milk products with hazardous synthetic substances as the issue involved the health of the entire population. Lamenting that most of the states were prosecuting the offenders under laws merely …
Following reports of substandard food products sold by leading business groups, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court today directed three leading companies to deposit Rs 10 crore each. A division bench of Muzaffar Hussain Attar and Tashi Rabistan directed Delhi-based spice company A-1 Agro Products and Srinagar-based Khyber and Kanwal …
Washington : Firms from India and other nations supplying food to the US may soon find it costlier to do businesses with the US proposing a new rule that requires them to address vulnerable processes in operations to prevent facilities from being target of "intentional adulteration". Initial estimates suggest that …
The Supreme Court on Thursday favoured life imprisonment to people indulging in production and marketing of adulterated milk and asked state governments to make amendments to laws. A bench of Justices K S Radhakrishnan and A K Sikri said punishment of six months jail term mentioned in Food Safety Act …
This Diwali, many housewives in the city are preparing sweets at home for the festival due to fear of adulteration in sweets available in markets. "Around this time of the year, the worst quality of khoya is available in the market. In the past few months, the price of milk …
Looking at the increase in sale of dry fruits ahead of Diwali, the health department officials inspected shops in the Walled City on Wednesday evening for the quality of dry fruits being sold. This inspection is to ensure that the shopkeepers are selling the right quality of dry fruits so …
The draft of the Safe Food Law -2013 is going to be passed during the ongoing parliament session with a provision for 14-year imprisonment as the highest punishment for food adulteration, a high food official said. Earlier, the cabinet on July 1, 2013 approved in principle the draft law with …
With overwhelming majority milk samples supplied across the country failing to meet the food safety and standard norms, the Rajasthan milk production has come under sharp focus. Being the second largest producer after Uttar Pradesh, the state contributes nearly 12.5% of the total milk production in the country. In a …
Common nutritional supplement milk you take may not be all that nutritious as majority of samples of milk supplied across the country failed to meet the food safety and standard norms. The Centre on Tuesday dished out this startling fact about the health of milk supplied both loose or in …
Indian basmati meant for exports is blended with a small percentage of non basmati long grain varieties. Now complaints are mounting that this blending of low quality non basmati in the basmati varieties, being exported to Iran, has gone beyond the industry norm of 20 per cent. This heavy adulteration …
CHENNAI: While lab tests across the country throw up details of chemical adulterants in milk, people in Tamil Nadu have no way of knowing what's in their drink. On the eve of 'World Milk Day,' the state's main food laboratory does not have the facilities to check for the presence …
With adulteration of milk being a widespread problem in India, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has developed a handy device to detect the presence of harmful additives in milk. The Automated System for Detection of Adulterated Milk, christened Ksheer Scanner, has been developed by scientists at the …
Nearly two years after the Food Safety and Standards Act (FSSA) came into effect, Kerala is still struggling with lack of infrastructure and human resource constraints to implement the Act in letter and spirit. The quality of food, from temple prasadam to food served in eateries, is a big concern …
We need a food safety model based on societal objectives of nutrition, livelihood and safety. My local vegetable vendor sells ordinary lemons packed in plastic bags. It has got me thinking if this is a sign of improving standards of food safety and hygiene. After all, if we go to …
Highest number of samples was collected from Model Town followed by Kotwali The Delhi Government has in the past five years tested 14,761 samples for food adulteration of which 886 samples have been found to be in violation of standards. Of the total samples, 1,668 samples were taken last year …
Summons against two directors of a company also cancelled The Delhi High Court has quashed a complaint and summons against two directors of a company being prosecuted by the Delhi Government’s Department of Food Adulteration under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act. Justice P. K. Bhasin quashed the complaint filed …
Section 16(2)(c), of the FSS Act, 2006 provides for the mechanism for accreditation of certification bodies for Food Safety Management Systems and Section 44 of FSS Act provides for recognition of organization or agency for food safety audit and checking compliance with Food Safety Management System required under the Act …
Jaipur: The medical health and family welfare department on Thursday kicked off a campaign against food adulteration and collected samples of sweets and mawa from different parts of the city. Teams of the medical health and family welfare department swung into action and inspected sweet shops and restaurants to collect …
