Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amit Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant has raised a grievance against setting up of a tyre pyrolysis plant by M/s Adideva Carbon LLP. According to the applicant, the tyre pyrolysis plant has …
Mothers to-be, infants and children: beware of eating shark, swordfish and marlin! This alert has been sounded by the uk Food Standards Agency in the wake of studies which reveal that these types of fish carry high levels of mercury in them. The agency carried out a survey that analyzed …
the Delhi government's Prevention of Food Adulteration (pfa) Department has recently seized 20 samples of substandard milk. The 20 samples were a part of 63 samples taken from milk tankers entering Delhi from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, as well as, from milk dairies and polypack milk supplied by different companies. …
It is widely agreed that the bse scare (popularly known as the madcow disease) in the United Kingdom was badly handled by the ministers and officials responsible for food safety. Other governments might have noted and carefully learnt. Not so the government of neighbouring Belgium. In January 1999, a chicken …
Jean luc dehaene , the prime minister of Belgium, was Europe's longest serving premier. A few days ago, he had to resign following a global panic over the quality of Belgian dairy products. Three years after the mad cow disease crisis, Europe is in the thick of another food safety …
fast food may be trendy and tasty, but it is certainly not healthy, if we go by what doctors, nutritionists and the courts have to say. On March 31, 1999, British Courts came down hea vily on Mc Donald’s, the biggest fast food chain in the world. The court ruled …
The European Union (EU) has begun an inspection of Karachi's fish harbour to decide whether to ban seafood exports from Pakistan. The fishing industry in Pakistan exports around US $150 million of seafood annually. Almost one-third goes to Europe and sold mostly in the UK and the Netherlands. The EU …
An analytical procedure was developed to measure bromate residues in baked goods using a sequence of clean‐up procedures followed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with a post‐column reaction for oxidants. Deionized water was used to extract bromate from bread samples. The extract was treated with a C‐18 solid phase …
a number of international organisations are working towards beefing up food security by creating awareness among consumers. "All future agricultural research, policies and trade opportunities must be anchored to the concepts of availability of quality and nutritious food at an affordable price to all," says a statement issued by Consumers …
Consumers in Japan are becoming increasingly wary of genetically modified agricultural products. There has been a steep rise in the use of bioengineered varieties of crops such as soya bean, rapeseed, potato, and corn. Consumer societies have argued that the long-term safety of bioengineered crops cannot be assured. The Japanese …
in a bid to restore consumer confidence, shaken to core due to the mad cow disease, the European Commission has agreed to a scheme wherein all eu cattle and products will be labelled and provided with a compulsory passport. The labels will carry the animal's place of birth, sex, method …
with a view to improving food safety standards, the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board ( aerb) will oversee irradiation of food material in the country, under the Atomic Energy (Control and Irradiation of Foods) Rules, 1996. The aerb will control the issuing of license for operating irradiation facilities. The new regulatory …
TAKING a cue from the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) controversy, the government has decided to make changes in the level of monosodium glutamate permitted in food. The KFC's Delhi outlet reopened on December 4, following the Delhi High Court ruling quashing the Delhi municipal corporation's order cancelling its licence. It …
The United Nations Population Fund, in its recently published annual report, expresses serious concern over the overwhelming rise in sexual diseases the world over and examines problems surrounding contraception and abortion. The report observes that the present trend of "marrying late" encourages the younger generation to indulge in more casual …
By harvesting the world's first crop of genetically-engineered wheat, the Swiss-owned Ciba Seeds has shown that scientists can alter the characteristics of important cereals reliably, by giving them genes from other species. Within a few years, the work is expected to result in new wheat varieties with increased resistance to …
PAKISTANIS are cutting down on eating beef and are moving towards chicken. Although chicken was previously considered a luxury dish, the growth of the poultry industry has led to a major slash in prices, making it affordable for the less wealthy, writes Panos Features. Besides, there are fears that many …
An Ordinance to provide for the establishment of an Institution for standardisation, testing, metrology, quality control, grading and marking of goods.
