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 …
The Union government on Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) have assigned a private company to develop guidelines for making available quality and safe food in schools. In response to a PIL filed by the NGO Uday Foundation to ban …
Days after the US mandated that the drinks containing a certain level of carcinogens will have to bear a cancer warning, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has asked its scientific panel to study the content of the beverages in India to see if the same warning …
The camera pans in. The grins of smiling school children fill the frame. An enthusiastic teacher, played by a famous Bollywood actress, sits in the centre. The scene is a "remote picturesque setting". And all are munching happily on Domino's Pizza. The advert is typical of the marketing bombardment now …
In an article that forms part of the PLoS Medicine series on Big Food, Kelly Brownell offers a perspective on engaging with the food industry, and argues that governments and the public health community should be working for regulation, not collaboration.
London: Tests have revealed that more than half of leading soft drinks, like Coke and Pepsi, contain traces of alcohol. The revelation will cause concern among those who choose the carbonated soft drink for religious, health or safety reasons. According to tests carried out by the Paris-based National Institute of …
New Delhi/Mumbai Reigning cola brands Coke, Thums Up and Pepsi and energy drinks such as Red Bull are set to lose a bit of their fizz with the government planning to make it mandatory for caffeinated beverages to flash a statutory warning stating they are not the ‘the right thing’ …
Tokyo: It’s being called the world’s first “healthy cola”. Japan, which boasts of the world’s most stringent food regulatory laws, has approved the world’s first cola for being “beneficial to health”. Colas aren’t really known for their health benefits. They are usually packed with sugar and have been fuelling the …
Oplon Pure Science, a developer of anti-bacterial plastic sheets for packaging, has signed an $8 million agreement with PepsiCo Corporation for a joint project that will lead to the supply of packaging solutions for their products. C. Mer Industries, which holds 25 percent of Oplon, initially announced the closing of …
Junk food, in all its tasty and tempting forms, will soon be on its way out of school canteens. Taking cognisance of health problems faced by children, the Union health and family welfare ministry has asked schools to ban junk food and carbonated drinks, calling them ‘rich in calories but …
Sunita Narain introduces the first comprehensive Indian study to look at nutritional claims made (or not made) by junk food makers, and how they compare with the benchmarks for recommended daily intakes of salt, sugar, carbohydrates and fats issued by India's National Institute of Nutrition and the World Health Organization.
The Coca-Cola Company has reassured its product safety after completing major corrective measures undertaken at the request of a quality watchdog in a Chinese province. The beverage giant's bottling plant in Shanxi province was asked to suspend production and take corrective actions last Saturday by Shanxi provincial Bureau of Quality …
Bite into that burger, chug that cola, drizzle that honey at your own risk. The Centre for Science and Environment has for years played food sleuth, revealing unpalatable truths about what we consume. There's more to those bottles and jars filling our larders and refrigerators than what their labels say. …
LUCKNOW: "We're all in it together for the taste of it. Campa, the fun drink with the sensational flavour. Try it for the fun of it. Drink it for the taste of it. Have it for the sheer joy of living: like all these wonderful, thirst people. Right now." The …
The first-ever lab study of junk foods in India by Centre for Science and Environment published in Down To Earth exposes dubious claims by fast food giants. Junk food is bad for health. Its definition tells its inner story—food that is high on calories and saturated fat but low on …
Diet Colas Tied To Higher Risk Of Blood Vessel Burst. Mumbai: Tempting as it may be due to rising mercury levels, people having fizzy drinks daily are at a 20% higher risk of getting heart disease than those who don’t, a new study suggests. Also, people who drink diet sodas …
Children used to feasting on burgers, chips, colas and instant noodles will now be in distress. The UP government has sent a letter to all schools — ICSE, CBSE as well as UP Board — to ban sale of junk food within their premises and outside it with immediate effect. …
Forget the sales pitch on the box and read the fine print. Is the promised 'low-fat' low enough, the 'multigrain' whole or refined? Sugar-free’ cream cookies, ‘wholegrain’ cereal bars, ‘all-natural’ fruit juice: it’s hard to ignore the screaming labels on superstore shelves, but can you take them at face value? …
Fast-food chains McDonald’s and KFC, and packaged food brands like Lay’s chips and Maggi noodles reported normal sales this weekend, despite a study on Friday alleging high levels of trans-fat, sugar and salts in their food on Friday. Analysts say it is natural for consumers of chips, burgers and noodles …
Diet experts have said Indians are consuming junk foods more often than in the past, and have warned that this poses a major risk to their health. Deputy Programme Manager at the Food Standards and Safety Authority of India (FSSAI) Savvy Soumya Mishra said that merely criticising international fast food …
Awareness education & effects low in face of sustained marketing, regret activists In recent months, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have had frequent run-ins with regulators and activists over issues pertaining to the presence of harmful chemicals such as lead and cadmium and the adverse impact of caramel. Yet, consumers have given …
