Food Adulteration

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding encroachment by stone crusher units on the river bed of Ganga flowing through Sahibganj in Jharkhand, 20/10/2023

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 …

Adulterated milk: Government files report on action against offenders

JAIPUR: The state government on Tuesday filed a detailed compliance report before a division bench of Rajasthan high court elaborating on the action taken against suppliers of adulterated milk in various parts of the state. The court will give its final verdict on May 21. A division bench of high …

No entry for adulterated milk

In a crack down, Govt has decided to install testing centres at entry points of the City to identify adulterated milk and drain out the affected milk In a significant move which will benefit Mumbaikars, the State Government has decided to crack down on milk adulteration. Tankers bringing milk to …

Over 150 ill after food-poisoning

JAIPUR: Over 150 people belonging to the Behrupia tribe fell ill, at least 10 of them seriously, after having a feast at a social get-together in Jamdoli under Kanota police station area on Monday night. Officials said some of the milk-products items were contaminated leading to the food-poisoning. While most …

Meghalaya lacks equipment to check milk contamination’

SHILLONG: Deputy Chief Minister in charge of Health and Family Welfare, Rowell Lyngdoh, has admitted that the State does not have standardized equipment to check if food items like milk is contaminated. “All this time out of good faith we believed that the milk which is being supplied by the …

No campaign yet against sale of chemical colors

JAIPUR: Even with Holi round the corner and sale of colours picking up, no campaign to check the sale of harmful colours has yet been launched by the state government. The medical, health and family welfare department has launched a campaign to check the sale of spurious and adulterated sweets …

Patent granted to kit prepared by Haryana Univ for testing urea in milk

The newly established Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar, has been granted a patent by the Government of India for commercial production for the “Urea Detection in Milk” technology developed by its Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, College of Veterinary Sciences for testing Urea in milk. …

Food safety: soapy milk, toxic apples

New Delhi Bhim can't understand what he's done wrong. Before dawn every day he joins hundreds of wholesale traders at Delhi's Azadpur Mandi, a sprawling, chaotic market where trucks blare Bollywood music, porters haul huge brown sacks of fruit and vegetables and hawkers ply tea and cigarettes. His own trade …

Moo! Now milk’s a woe - Samples low on nutrition, but food controller denies chemical hazards

Jharkhand’s milky way to good health is in serious jeopardy. All the 13 dairy samples collected from Ranchi last month have tested low on nutrients, corroborating a report collated by a central agency that suggested large-scale adulteration of milk. Though the state food controller has ruled out hazardous chemical contaminants, …

Honey safety norms in place soon

The government is putting in place safety standards for honey after it has been found that lots, even those sold by top brands, had traces of antibiotics and pesticides in them. The Food And Safety Standards of India (FSSAI) will soon make it mandatory that honey samples conform to these …

Govt draws up mega plan to ensure food safety

NEW DELHI: The government, it seems, has finally woken up to the threat of adulteration and contamination in food products and is planning a slew of measure to shore up food safety. It plans to set up cluster laboratories of accredited standards for every 4-5 districts to carry out basic …

Not as alarming as milk, but food adulteration worrying

After milk, the Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has found that contamination is, in fact, quite common among other food items across the country. In Rajasthan, adulteration rate is as high as 23%, the study has found. In 2010, the FSSAI picked up over 1.17 lakh samples of …

Delhi milk found to be sub-standard

“However, no dangerous adulterants found; it is safe for consumption” “The milk available in Delhi is not contaminated with detergent but was found to be non-conforming to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) guidelines and adulteration was found in these samples,” said FSSAI CEO V. N. Gaur …

But Walia says nothing toxic, only milk powder in samples

NEW DELHI: News of 70% milk samples from the city failing quality tests also rocked Delhi Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday. The BJP-led Opposition demanded an explanation from the government soon after the House assembled for business on the second day of the winter session. Speaker Yoganand Shastri asked health minister …

70% of milk in Delhi, country is adulterated

NEW DELHI: Beware, your daily glass of good health could actually be doing you harm. As much as 70% of milk samples picked up from the capital by a government agency failed to conform to standards. Of the 71 samples randomly taken from Delhi for testing by the Food Safety …

India drinks milk & detergent!

It is official now. Indians are consuming adulterated milk containing detergent which not only has a very less nutritious value but is also health hazardous, a recent Government survey has revealed. In its first-ever national survey on milk adulteration 2011, the Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) found that …

National survey on adulteration of milk: an overview

The National Survey on Milk Adulteration 2011 (snap shot survey) was conducted by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India to ascertain the quality of milk and identify different type of adulteration in the liquid milk throughout the country. The survey was carried out by the Regional Offices of …

Will conduct surprise raids, FDA warns milk packaging units

On a mission to take stringent action against those involved in milk adulteration, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent letters to 350 milk packaging units in the state warning them of surprise raids. “We wanted to caution the milk manufacturing units that we will not tolerate adulteration. The …

Junk food makers move HC

The All-India Food Processors Association (AIFPA) today approached the Delhi High Court, pleading that the court should hear them before passing any final order on a petition that seeks ban on carbonated beverages and junk food in school and college canteens. The AIFPA, in its application filed before the division …

Drive against food adulteration

Keeping in mind large-scale consumption of food items and the consequent increase in food adulteration around Diwali, Delhi Health Minister A. K. Walia on Tuesday instructed the Department of Prevention of Food Adulteration to work towards curbing adulteration by picking up as many food samples as possible. However, a closer …

Two years on, govt gets serious about plastic ban

New Delhi: In 2009, Delhi government had banned the use, sale and storage of plastic bags. Two years on, the ban has failed to make any significant dent. The shoddy implementation of the ban has prompted the environment department to propose a blanket ban on all plastic carry bags and …

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