Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
This study initiated by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries covers overall review of existing FPO 1955 and suggests amendments based upon developments and modernization in Fruit and Vegetable Processing Industry. The developments among other include processing, packaging, standards, food additives, microbiological requirements, insecticides and pesticides uses, and their influences …
The Union ministry of health and family welfare is collecting data from scientists and research institutions on ill-effects of soft drinks and other carbonated beverages. This exercise, the first of its kind, has been taken up by the ministry in the backdrop of research reports by various laboratories that consumption …
Of the many issues that will be discussed at the 61st World Health Assembly in Geneva this month, prevention and control of non-communicable diseases is what the food industry will be following closely. Its future, and growth plan, will depend on the outcome of the deliberations in Geneva. The World …
The government of South Australia is planning to ban junk food advertising in children's viewing times. The province's Health Minister John Hill says the government will implement a voluntary ban first, but if that does not curb the number of advertisements, then it will legislate. Hill says banning advertising of …
About 5.6 per cent of the country's adults and a large number of children are suffering from diabetes, and the number of diabetic patients is increasing alarmingly with more than 20,000 new patients in a year. According to the Diabetic Association of Bangladesh, various causes increase the prevalence of diabetes, …
The report: "Independent, Third Party Assessment of Coca-Cola Facilities in India' By: The Energy and Resource Institute, Delhi Tested plants: Kaladera (Rajasthan), Nemam (Tamil Nadu), Sathupalli (Andhra Pradesh), Mehdiganj (Uttar Pradesh), Pirangut (Maharashtra), Nabipur (Punjab) not tested: Controversial plant in Plachimada in Kerala the Energy and Resource Institute (teri) has …
Consumer rights groups in the country have come out against surreptitious advertising by cola companies. Sixty such organizations have come together to constitute the Indian chapter of the Global Dump Soft Drinks Campaign, which demands that governments curb advertising of sugar-rich beverages, especially those targeting children under 16. The campaign …
In November last year, Brazil's National Health Monitoring Agency launched a public debate on regulations that would ban radio and tv advertising for soft drinks and foods with sugar, saturated fat or salt. The government is expected to issue a decree on such measures in June. Brazil is not alone. …
Kerala's Cola rift A division bench of the Kerala High Court recently allowed Pepsico to begin operations in its plant in Puthussery village panhayat in Kerala's Palakkad district. In 2004, the panchayat cancelled the firm's licence to operate the plant, alleging that it used excessive groundwater leading to water shortage …
Coca-cola booted Students of the University of Guelph in Canada, have voted to remove Coca-Cola products from their campus because of the company's unethical practices in India and Colombia. As Coca-Cola's 10-year contract with the University of Guelph is set to expire in August 2007, a referendum calling for replacing …
The committee headed by N K Ganguly, director general, Indian Council of Medical Research, has finally made its recommendations, mooting a final product standard to regulate soft drinks. The committee's report, filed in the Supreme Court on March 13, now paves the way for the Union ministry of health and …
On February 15, 2007, the Supreme Court refused to grant interim relief to the Kerala government, which had challenged a high court order quashing a ban on the sale of cola products in the state. A bench comprising justices A R Lakshman and Altmas Kabir issued notices to Indian cola …
In a year of remixes, I the cola controversy I was a tune that stayed true to its original from three years ago. In August, the Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (cse) put out a report that claimed to have found toxic levels of pesticides
thrown out: Tamil actress Radhika has been expelled from the primary membership of AIADMK, the main opposition party in Tamil Nadu "for acting against the interests of the party'. She appeared in a controversial advertisement which gives a clean chit to colas. The Coke advertisement appeared in the beginning of …
According to a study by scientists at Tufts University, Boston, colas can cause osteoporosis, the bone-ailment that afflicts over 300 million women in India. They found that intake of cola is associated with low bone mineral density (BMD), which then leads to osteoporosis. Osteoporosis reduces bone density and affects its …
on september 22, the Kerala High Court quashed the state government's orders banning production and sale of Coca-Cola and Pepsi in the state. By Section 23(1A) of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, only the central government has the right and powers to prohibit manufacture and sale of food …
the day after Union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss told Parliament that the Centre for Science and Environment's (cse's) exhaustive study on carbonated beverages was "inconclusive', the Delhi edition of the Hindustan Times carried the story as its lead story on page one. As part of the lead package, the newspaper …
http://colas.inscriptionsindia.net/ cola-Lateral Damage "The idea behind this blog is simple: to track the cola controversy. The stand of this blog on the issue is as simple: cola companies must come clean or just shut up,' says blogger Subir Ghosh. This blog has come up in the wake of the Centre …
Top Indian scientists may get a chance to do an Amitabh Bachchan or a Shah Rukh Khan, if cola firms have their way. Sensing that their regular brand ambassadors may not be enough to extricate them from the pesticide controversy, cola giants are planning to rope in scientists to restore …
