A three member committee was directed by the NGT to probe the allegations of encroachment by stone crusher units on the river bed of Ganga flowing through Sahibganj in Jharkhand. The committee after visiting the site will submit its report within a period of three weeks. In case violations are …
A DEVICE based on a technology used in superfast trains can now be used to test the fat content of milk and cheese. The device that uses magnetic levitation can also be used to test adulteration of vegetable oil. The density of a substance provides the key information about its …
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 …
July 22: When this reporter called up a restaurant in West Marredpally and ordered a tandoori chicken without the addition of any colouring, the reply was, Humare paas koi eisha chicken item nahi milta jisme rang nahi hota. Red colour sab mein daltein hain. (We don
Lab To Check Food Adulteration Will Come Up At Navrangpura Within 3 Months Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: Lead in your chocolate, ammonia in your milk and arsenic in fruits
Tea Board of India (TBI) is all set to introduce an exclusive Assam logo in the line of ISI mark to ensure that only quality Assam CTC tea enter the export market. The Assam logo would be introduced to put in place stringent quality mechanism system for the export market …
New Delhi: Waking up to the dangers associated with the prevailing practice of artificial ripening of fruits, the ministry of health & family welfare has shot off letters to state authorities to raise their vigil against the use of carbide gas for ripening fruit. The use of carbide gas for …
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has asked the States and Union Territories to ensure prevention of use of carbide gas for premature ripening of fruits. Citing Rule 44-AA that prohibits the use of carbide gas, a circular issued by the Authority to …
Due to increased accessibility to information, growing public awareness and enhancement of the State PFA (Prevention of Food Adulteration Act) enforcement machinery, the sale of sub-standard and adulterated food has come down considerably, but pulses, milk etc., are some of the items that still are most adulterated. According to an …
Continuing its raids on illegal ripening of mangoes for the second day on Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorities raided outlets in Ponda and Mapusa and seized 11 tonnes of mangoes. According to Food and Drug Administration Director Salim Veljee, the FDA officials sealed three godowns in Ponda, …
New Delhi: In India, food safety and standards are neglected topic despite being directly related to public health. According to a survey conducted by Ficci, almost 30% of the respondents, bulk of whom were from the food processing industry, were unaware that Food Safety and Standards Act (FSSA) is mandatory …
These rules may by called the Prevention of Food Adulteration (3rd Amendment) Rules, 2010. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette except rule 2, which shall come into force after six months from the date of publication of this notification.
Mumbai: Of all the perishable products in the Mumbai market, milk is perhaps one of the most adulterated. The proof: In the past year, the Brihanmumbai division of the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has carried out raids on 25 establishments in the city, which were involved in selling adulterated …
Rajpura: Poor enforcement of law has lead to the sale of watermelons laced with intoxicants in Rajpura. The Health Department officials expressing their helplessness to get the samples of the fruit said the consumers should be made aware of the problem. Besides, this law should be enforced strictly to curb …
V Gangadharan | ENS IF you consume coriander powder not certified by Agmark, there are chances that it may contain horse dung. A whole lot of other powdered spices, including chilli and turmeric, are also prone to adulteration, according to experts. Speaking to Express after a demonstration on detection of …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-III here has convicted six persons in separate cases for food adulteration. Two officials of Spencer
Union health min ister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday informed Parliament that Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, would come into force in the next three to four months. The new Act makes adulteration an offence punishable with life imprisonment and also provides for penalty on manufacturers of adulterated food …
''Low and sub-standard food is being supplied to anganwadi centres in the district from past six months, said Anganwadi Workers Association taluk committee Honourary President Gandhinagar Nagar Narayanaswamy and H S Anusuyamma. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, the duo said that though many children have fallen ill due …
These rules may be called the Prevention of Food Adulteration (1st Amendment) Rules, 2010. They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.
