This report focuses on the actions and responsibilities of four of the world’s biggest plastic polluters: CocaCola, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever. These companies continue to sell billions of products in single-use bottles, sachets and packets in developing countries. And they do this despite knowing that: 1) waste isn’t properly managed …
In what could have major implications for packaged foods and beverage companies, the Supreme Court has stayed the Bombay High Court judgment that quashed a product advisory issued by the Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to enforce norms on imported food items. A bench headed by Justice …
PepsiCo is to expand the number of recycling bins at petrol stations and convenience stores across the US, as part of a five-year plan to drive up packaging recovery rates. The drinks brand has teamed up with conservation outfit the Nature Conservancy to form an initiative called 'Recycle for Nature' …
Pepsi Country Head Jehanzeb Qayyum Khan on Saturday presented Rs 2.0 million cheque to Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif for the help and assistance of earthquake victims of Balochistan. The chief minister appreciated the humanitarian spirit of the philanthropists towards relief of earthquake affectees of Balochistan. The Punjab government, he …
Companies such as HUL, Nestle, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and Dabur argue there can't be any such category Fast food-burgers Even as the Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) attempts to put in place a final set of guidelines on healthy food in educational institutions, top packaged food & beverage …
FSSAI will put the draft guidelines in front of a seven-member expert committee Fast food-burgers In what would alter the consumption pattern of products such as burgers, pizzas, sandwiches, snack foods and soft drinks in schools, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is putting in place final …
Food safety regulator FSSAI will put the draft guidelines framed by it in front of a seven-member expert committee. The final guidelines will be out post that In a move that will alter the consumption of products such as burgers, pizzas, sandwiches, snack foods and soft drinks in schools, the …
Pepsi-Cola is still using caramel coloring containing a chemical linked to cancer in rodents, a report released on Wednesday showed, more than a year after the beverage maker promised to phase it out. The Center for Environmental Health said that PepsiCo Inc. lagged its rival Coca-Cola in removing the chemical, …
A health group says PepsiCo is still using an ingredient linked to cancer in mice more than a year after the US beverage company said it was reformulating the caramel colouring used in its flagship cola. The Center for Environmental Health, a US watchdog group, said Pepsi purchased in 10 …
The average Indian railway passenger generates 64 grams of garbage a day. With Indian Railways ferrying 1.4 million passengers a day, that's fairly filthy maths: A daily human waste generation of 3,980 MT. The Saaf India project, co-founded by the Amsterdam-based duo of Shammy Jacob, 37, and Dinesh Shonak, 33, …
Coca-Cola became one of the world's most powerful brands by equating its soft drinks with happiness. Now, for the first time, it's addressing a growing cloud over the industry: obesity. The US-based company on Monday will begin airing a twominute ad during the highestrated shows on CNN, Fox News and …
This paper surveys a broad range of activities at the frontiers of private sector engagement on water predominantly, though not exclusively, driven by MNCs in the food and beverage sector. In so doing, it endeavours to point out where these activities hold promise, in terms of making a positive contribution …
A minor magic how is going on in the mud-paved courtyard of Satvir Singh’s house in Kureb, a small village set in the middle of sugarcane fields, in Gautam Budh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh. His wife Dharamwati and their children, six girls and one boy, stand under the shade …
Polls show 53.7% voted against the contentious measure that was seen as a testbed case for the US as a whole A Californian ballot proposing the labelling of genetically modified ingredients in food products has been rejected by the state's voters . With 95% of votes counted, the polls showed …
It might be a good idea to talk to consumers when a crisis blows up After officials from the food safety department in Kerala raided a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) outlet in Thiruvananthapuram last week following complaints of worms in the chicken being served, Yum! Restaurants – which operates KFC …
Complaints of overexploitation of groundwater The Assembly Committee on Environment, which visited the bottling plant of PepsiCo at Kanjikode on Tuesday, directed the Groundwater Department to monitor and restrict strictly the use of groundwater by the company. The committee, on complaints from various organisations that the soft-drink giant was overexploiting …
Corporate Water Disclosure Guidelines – provides the first ever common approach to corporate water disclosure. Companies are fundamentally changing the way they address water. Increasingly, they are investing in water-efficient technologies, working with suppliers to encourage more responsible water use, introducing cleaner and more efficient products, and seeking to advance …
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 …
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’ …
Global food systems are not meeting the world's dietary needs. About one billion people are hungry, while two billion people are overweight. India, for example, is experiencing rises in both: since 1995 an additional 65 million people are malnourished, and one in five adults is now overweight. This coexistence of …
