Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Access to safe and nutritious food is essential for good health and is linked to Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 2: Zero Hunger and SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being. Recognizing the pivotal role of access to adequate, safe, and nutritious …
This report analyses trends in sale of ultra-processed foods and provides evidence-based recommendations to frame policies for creating a conducive environment for healthy eating in India through sustainable food systems and access to affordable healthy diet. Closely linked with India’s rapid economic growth is a simultaneous transition in dietary patterns. …
This fourth annual report monitors global progress towards the 2023 target for global elimination of industrially produced trans-fatty acids (TFA), highlighting achievements during the past year (October 2021 – September 2022). Countries are responding to the World Health Organization (WHO) call to action by putting into place best-practice TFA policies. …
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on December 27, 2021 has issued the Draft Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2021 to amend the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011.The following amendment has been made: …
Forty countries now have best-practice trans fat elimination policies in effect, protecting 1.4 billion people around the world from this deadly food compound, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO). The report showed that 940 million people living in high-income countries are protected by best-practice policies, …
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on November 15, 2021 has issued Draft Food Safety and Standards (Genetically Modified or Engineered Foods) Regulations, 2021. The Regulation shall be applicable to: Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) or Genetically Engineered Organisms (GEOs) or Living Modified Organisms (LMOs) intended for direct …
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on April 9, 2021 has issued Draft Guidance Document & Standard operating procedures for fixation of maximum residue limits (MRLs) of pesticides in food commodities. The guidance for establishing MRLs on agricultural and food commodities which is meant for the use …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on packaged foods with abnormal salt and fat contents, 03/03/2020. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has informed that Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) study has alleged that the quantity of salt and fat in the samples tested were higher than the …
According to a new study titled, “Supermarket Shopping and Nutritional Outcomes: A panel data analysis for Urban Kenya,” shopping in supermarkets significantly increases body mass index (BMI), and contributes to higher consumption of processed and highly processed foods and lower consumption of unprocessed foods. Even though Kenya is still facing …
In a first study of its kind for India, New Delhi-based research and advocacy body Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has exposedlarge-scale illegal presence and sale of genetically modified (GM) processed foodsin the country. Without the approval of the Food Safety and Standards Authorityof India (FSSAI),production, sale and import …
Foods produced from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are referred to as genetically modified (GM) foods. The safety of GM foods has been a matter of concern. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has not allowed GM foods in India so far. To understand whether GM foods are …
Calories from any food have the potential to increase risk for obesity and cardiometabolic disease because all calories can directly contribute to positive energy balance and fat gain. However, various dietary components or patterns may promote obesity and cardiometabolic disease by additional mechanisms that are not mediated solely by caloric …
To address holistically the issue of High Fat, Sugar and Salt (HFSS) in food and associated health risks, FSSAI constituted an Expert Group to drat a report. The major constituents of foods namely high saturated and trans fats, sugar and salt intake are known to significantly increase the risk of …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Potassium Bromate in Breads, 22/07/2016. The Government is aware of the study by the Centre for Science and Environment. Potassium bromate was earlier permitted to be used as an additive for manufacturing bread and other bakery products under the erstwhile Prevention of Food Adulteration …
In an effort to prevent continued increases in obesity and diabetes, in January 2014, the Mexican government implemented an 8% tax on nonessential foods with energy density ≥275 kcal/100 g and a peso-per-liter tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). Limited rigorous evaluations of food taxes exist worldwide. The objective of this …
Bread industry uses potassium bromate and potassium iodate, substances that are banned in many countries, but not in India; Indian regulators must act immediately and ban them CSE’s new study tests bread sold in Delhi. Finds residues of potassium bromate/iodate in commonly consumed varieties. Use of potassium bromate – classified …
Use of chemical food additives is a common practice in packaged and processed foods. Not all of them are safe. One such additive is potassium bromate (KBrO3) which, until over two decades ago, was routinely used in most parts of the world to treat flour for bread and bakery products. …
One of urban India’s staple food products – the bread that we buy off the shelves every day – could be laced with toxic chemicals which are serious health hazards, finds a new study done in Delhi by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). The study, conducted by CSE’s Pollution …
The “Plates, Pyramids, Planet” report evaluates government-issued food guidelines from across the globe, looking in particular at whether they make links to environmental sustainability in addition to promoting good eating habits. At the time the study was conducted, only four countries’ recommendations – Brazil, Germany, Sweden and Qatar – drew …
Diabetes has been growing at an alarming rate in India. Unfortunately, children are also at increasing risk of developing both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Worldwide, most common type of diabetes in children is Type 1 diabetes (previously termed insulin dependent diabetes mellitus). "Overall, approximately 80,000 children under 15 …
