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 …
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has pulled up the state government for its failure to ensure the supply of quality ration to the people. In its annual report, the CAG said there was no testing laboratory or trained manpower for conducting quality inspection of the foodgrains supplied …
A large number of people have been hospitalised across the city after eating adulterated flour (kuttu ka atta) during Navratri. The patients had common complaints, including stomach ache, nausea, diarrhoea and fever. Patients came in large numbers to Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital, Hedgewar Hospital and Jagpravesh …
Thanks to a Delhi High Court order, senior law officers of the Central as well as Delhi government will soon be seen buying vegetables across the Capital. The court, on Wednesday, directed senior government lawyers to fetch vegetables from different mandis across Delhi, so that they could be taken to …
These rules may be called the Prevention of Food Adulteration (1st Amendment) Rules, 2011. They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.
While considering several expert reports, including the World Bank, on ill effects of carbonated soft drinks and growing adulteration in food products, the Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed the panel of scientific experts set up under the new food safety law after finding that several of its members had been …
After hearing the submissions by amicus curiae in connection with a PIL alleging rampant use of banned pesticides in fruits and vegetables, the Delhi high court on Wednesday decided to hear the issue on March 9. Amicus curie V.K. Rao and Saket Sikri submitted to the HC that there were …
LUCKNOW: In a welcome first, officials of the department of food and drug administration will now conduct door-to-door purity tests on milk and milk products in residential colonies in the state capital and across the state. What's more, the tests will be done free-of-cost and in all parts of the …
The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law by President Obama on January 4th, 2011. It aims to ensure the U.S. food supply is safe by shifting the focus of federal regulators from responding to contamination to preventing it. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘FDA …
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 …
Jaipur. Of the 5,782 food samples collected by the health department till September 15 this year, 1095 have been confirmed of adulteration after lab tests. Adulteration has become a major health hazard for the public, as the samples tested positive mostly includes fast-moving eatables such as flour, spices, milk and …
C V SUKUMARAN I AM persuaded to conclude that all efforts by the authorities to end milk adulteration have come a cropper. When milkmen see milk and water side by side they irresistibly itch to mix them. They add water to the milk on the sly, yet have the temerity …
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its judgment on a batch of pleas filed by global softdrink majors Pepsico challenging the Kerala government
NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly V. K. Malhotra on Thursday demanded that the Delhi Government quickly frame rules so that those indulging in adulteration of food items and using harmful chemicals to improve the look and size of vegetables are severely punished for threatening the lives of …
LUCKNOW: Sale of adulterated foodstuffs and spurious drugs figured in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Thursday with the Congress walking out over the Mayawati Government's failure to take effective action against the adulterators. The party said the practice was flourishing under the patronage of the district administration.Another walk-out was staged …
