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 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announcement on November 17, 2010, that caffeine is an unsafe food additive to alcoholic beverages will effectively make several “premixed” alcoholic energy drinks prohibited for sale in the United States. Additionally, the Federal Trade Commission has notified manufacturers that they are engaged in the …
This paper is a primer on climate change adaptation for food, beverage, and agriculture (FBA) executives. It summarizes how FBA companies are reporting on climate change risks and opportunities, which include supply chain security, water scarcity, infrastructure and distribution, evolving consumer demands, and workforce stability. It also outlines common current …
Historically, developed countries such as the United States have been the largest producers of food products. However, there has been a slight shift in recent times, with China, Russia and India increasing their production capacities. For example, in the case of wheat production, China increased its production capacity by 26 …
The Supreme Court today set aside criminal proceedings initiated against PepsiCo by the Kerala government over pesticide content in the global beverage giant's soft drinks. Looking into a petition filed by the multinational company, a bench headed by Justice Altamas Kabir set aside the criminal prosecution initiated against PepsiCo India …
Exercise is making a resurgence in many countries, given its benefits for fitness as well as prevention of obesity. This trend has spawned many supplements that purport to aid performance, muscle growth, and recovery. Initially, sports drinks were developed to provide electrolyte and carbohydrate replacement. Subsequently, energy beverages (EBs) containing …
THE energy drink that promises to give you wings is soaring high despite attempts by authorities to ground it. Red Bull has been pulled up on a couple of occasions for exceeding the prescribed caffeine limit in recent years. But the beverage manufacturer, Red Bull India Pvt Ltd, managed to …
It is a natural sweetener and calorie free. But soft drinks makers don’t use it in beverages. The reason is the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is focussed on artificial sweeteners and does not recognise other sugar substitutes. The authority’s predilection for artificial sweeteners has left a …
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), on August 8, notified two sugar substitutes that can be used in blended form in soft drinks: acesulfame potassium or Acesulfame K and sucralose sold as Splenda. This is the second combination to be allowed as di-blend that combines two additives …
A fake soft drink unit that refilled glass bottles of branded soft drinks with a chemical mixed with water and sugar, was busted in northeast Delhi recently. The cops confirm that there may be many more units operating in the city. So, the next time you are thinking about enjoying …
Is the sparkling liquid harmless as claimed, asks FREDDY DIAS The twang of an aerated bottle being opened brings forth a foaming and bubbling drink. You sip on it; and it feels exhilarating. The sparkling liquid, it is claimed, is free from alcohol and other habit-forming drugs. But is it …
One might want to give up soft drinks to keep ageing at bay. A new research published in the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology on April 26 shows that high levels of phosphate in sodas and processed foods accelerate signs of ageing which include chronic kidney diseases, cardiovascular …
In 2001, then-Surgeon General David Satcher issued a landmark statement that obesity had reached epidemic proportions in America. The country began to react, but slowly. As the F as in Fat report has documented over the previous six years, efforts to address the skyrocketing rise of obesity rates and obesity-related …
Energy drinks are non-alcoholic beverages containing caffeine, guarana, glucuronolactone, taurine, ginseng, inositol, carnitine, B-vitamins etc. as main ingredients that act as stimulants. In recent years, a number of different energy drinks have been introduced in the Indian market to provide an energy boost or as dietary supplements. These drinks contain …
Fifteen months after moving into a new town, house and job, Michelle Obama is defining her role as first lady by taking on the $600 billion food and beverage industries in a quest to end childhood obesity within a generation. Her lobbying of companies to make products healthier, labels easier …
London: Cola lovers beware. A new study claims that having a litre or more of cold drinks daily adversely affects male fertility and decreases the sperm count by almost 30%.
Obesity has recently emerged as a major global health problem. According to World Health Organization estimates, ≈1.6 billion adults worldwide were overweight (body mass index [BMI] ≥25 kg/m2) and at least 400 million were obese (BMI ≥30 kg/m2) in 2005, numbers that are expected to reach 2.3 billion and 700 …
People who drink two or more sweetened soft drinks a week have a much higher risk of pancreatic cancer, an unusual but deadly cancer, researchers reported on Monday. People who drank mostly fruit juice instead of sodas did not have the same risk, the study of 60,000 people in Singapore …
Link To Obesity Unclear: Study New York: Studies reporting a link between sugar-sweetened beverages and weight gain have garnered a lot of attention but actually research on the issue has yielded mixed results, researchers note in a new report.
NEW DELHI: A soft drink company has been fined Rs 1 lakh and directed to pay Rs 50,000 compensation to a doctor who suffered food poisoning and had to be hospitalised after consuming a cola that reportedly contained fungus. The New Delhi District consumer forum has asked Hindustan Coca Cola …
