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 …
An Act to enact the law relating to safety and standards of the food and to establish the Punjab Food Authority to ensure availability of safe and wholesome food for human consumption and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
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 …
THE British Food Standard Agency (FSA) has been relieved of its task to decide what is healthy and what is not. The change, announced on July 20, follows FSA's unsuccessful drive to introduce "traffic light labelling system" for food items across Europe. The system would have required food companies to …
A common food bug that causes thousands of people to fall ill with diarrhoea and abdominal cramps is present in almost two-thirds of the chicken sold in Britain, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) said on Tuesday. A survey found campylobacter, which is responsible for about 55,000 cases of illness in …
Vanaspati ghee manufacturers unhappy with proposed standard THE oils and fats sub-committee of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (mohfw), on March 18, agreed on a 10 per cent ceiling on trans fats in vanaspati ghee sold in the country. Members of the sub-committee also agreed trans fat levels …
Commercial interests determine content The oil we eat is essential for our body to function. We cannot do without it. Thus it is important to understand its chemistry. It is agreed that healthy oil is one which has less saturated fat, more monounsaturated fat (mufa) and polyunsaturated fats (pufa) is …
In the 1970s, when concern about the link between saturated fats (like butter, lard, tallow) and heart diseases started growing, experts suggested a shift to unsaturated fats, which are in the liquid form. But the food-processing industry needed semisolids, for products like cakes and biscuits, for which they partially hydrogenated …
Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 includes specific standards on edible oils giving broad specification for different oils. The act allows two different oils to be blended and sold. The specifications do not lay down guidelines on fatty acid composition of different oils. There are specifications for vanaspati. Companies can …
Which cooking oil is best for us? Why do I ask? Are we not bombarded with advertising messages telling us there is a healthy oil that is good for the heart? They talk of monounsaturated fatty acids (mufa), and polyunsaturated fatty acids (pufa) and of course, catch-us-words like omega properties. …
Centre has finally constituted a 22-member regulatory authority that will judge and rate food - right from the kitchens of luxury hotels to the roadside eating joints - according to scientific standards. The authority will finalise the guidelines by March next year and will lay down food standards of the …
Considering the stiff competition from various fruit producing countries, Indian growers have the great responsibility to keep the pesticide residue levels to the minimum to meet international standards. Various research organisations have developed integrated approaches to control pest and disease problems. Hence, it is imperative to adopt such measures which …
Paving the way for setting up of an authority to regulate food items across the country, the Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a Bill to amend the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. The Food Safety and Standards (Amendment) Bill will replace the
recently, several food products enriched with friendly bacteria have hit markets in India. The latest entrant, Yakult Danone's probiotic drink, claims that the lactose digesting bacteria added to the drink aid digestion. But there is little scientific evidence to support such claims. Some studies have found that the probiotic bacteria …
