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 …
On August 22, 2006, Union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss virtually gave a clean chit to the cola companies. Within 24 hours, the minister had to issue disclaimers. Ramadoss's initial reactions came in a written statement submitted to the Lok Sabha on August 22, 2006. He was presenting the findings of …
Global warming portends disaster for much of the multibillion-dollar us wine industry; areas suitable for growing premium wine grapes could be reduced by 50 per cent
Our world changed a little when we published the study on pesticide residues in soft drinks. In the work we do, fights go with the territory. We need to challenge institutions
Company-government reasons Why they don't make sense Sugar standard has not been set so pesticide residue of final product cannot be set Tests done by labs, including company-sponsored analysis, show that refined and processed sugar, used in the product, do not contribute significantly to the residues Product is complex and …
On July 26, 2006, the Lok Sabha passed the much controversial Food Safety and Standards Bill, 2005. But will it ensure your safety? The bill defines contaminants as "any substance, not intentionally added to food, which is present in such food as a result of the production ... or as …
In December 2005, CSE's Pollution Monitoring Lab decided to check whether the samples of soft drinks available in the market are within the limits prescribed by BIS or not. A total of 57 samples, of 11 brands of Pepsi Co and Coca Cola available in the market, were collected from …
Rising incomes and urbanization, an expanding domestic consumer base concerned about food quality and safety, and rapidly growing agricultural exports have been important drivers for the increased attention to food safety in India. But the development of effective food safety systems is hampered by a number of factors, including: restrictive …
Doctors voted against the imposition of a fat tax on soft drinks at the annual meet of the American Medical Association (AMA) held from June 10-14 in Chicago. In May, AMA had proposed to levy such a tax all over the country as against that in 17 states. AMA's proposal …
Residents of the Madhanatha puram village on the outskirts of Chennai claim that the groundwater in their area is polluted and is depleting fast. And they blame Siva's Soft Drink Private Ltd, a local soft drinks manufacturing company, which produces two brands of soft drinks
INK IN BABY FOOD In November 2005, the Nestle group withdrew liquid baby milk products from five countries in the European Union after the discovery that some of them were contaminated with chemical ink used in packaging. Isopropyl thioxanthone, used in printing the company's logo, was found. Nestle said it …
caffeine test: Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, USA, are developing a dipstick that can be used to check for caffeine in a variety of drinks. It would be the first consumer test for caffeine and would be beneficial for anyone wishing to avoid caffeine …
Food safety authorities in South Korea called on beverage makers to withdraw vitamin- c enriched drinks that were found to contain the carcinogen benzene. The Korea Food and Drug Administration (fda) said that they had detected benzene in 27 out of 30 vitamin c-enriched drinks that were on sale in …
The quality of wines worldwide is being affected by climate change, claimed experts at a world conference recently. Increasing temperature will affect viticulture in many ways, they said at the first-ever World Conference on Global Warming and Wine, which was recently held in Barcelona. Some red wines may lose colour, …
Soft drinks are in a pollution tangle again. Eight of the 16 soft drink plants surveyed by the Central Pollution Control Board (cpcb) had a cadmium concentration more than 50 mg/kg of sludge
