Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
The Delhi government had claimed that it did not have adequate laboratories and could currently test for only 28 varieties of pesticides. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued draft regulations for food imports and may soon make it mandatory for importers of food and vegetables …
It’s Been Over 3 Years Since PIL To Regulate Sale In Schools Was Filed The city is in the grip of a silent childhood epidemic—obesity.Astudy by the Diabetes Foundation of India has shown that 25% of schoolchildren in Delhi are overweight or obese, which is the highest incidence in the …
Delhi BJP president Harsh Vardhan Thursday urged Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung to ban sale of junk food from all government and private schools in the national capital for the "good health" of children, following a High Court observation. The court yesterday had directed for a list to be prepared segregating …
Social watchdog organizations including the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) have welcomed the direction of the Delhi High Court on banning junk food in schools. A Delhi-based non-profit organisation, Uday Foundation had filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), in the year 2010, seeking a ban on junk food sold …
India's food safety regulator is having Starbucks Coffee in a bit of froth. The Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) has blocked a consignment of syrups meant for the US-based coffee chain's local joint venture, prompting Tata Starbucks to approach the Bombay High Court for relief as the …
Non-government organisation Uday Foundation, which has sought a ban on the sale of junk food in school premises and within a 500-metre radius, on Wednesday questioned the logic of restricting the availability of such food items only there. In its submission before a Division Bench of Justice G. Rohini and …
The Centre for Science and Environment Director-General, Sunita Narain, has demanded that all junk food be banned from unaided and private schools across the country. Food high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) should not be available in educational institutions and within 500 yards of them. Ms. Narain is the …
Provide nutritious food to children: CSE’s Sunita Narain. Asserting that banning junk food in schools is the need of the hour, the Centre for Science and Environment Director-General Sunita Narain has demanded that a uniform canteen policy be adopted by all unaided and private schools across the country. Noting that …
An expert group, formed on Delhi High Court order to frame guidelines on junk food in schools, today alleged its report was diluted by the food safety body before it was submitted to the court. The allegation by co-chair of the expert group Sunita Narain came a day before the …
Court wants to know which junk foods should be regulated. Fixes next hearing for August 6, 2014. CSE welcomes the court’s directive in the 2010 PIL filed by Uday Foundation. CSE has pointed out that the recent junk food-related guidelines submitted by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India …
Draft guidelines for making available wholesome, nutritious, safe and hygienic food to school children in India Status note in the W.P. (C) 8568/2010 titled as Uday Foundation for Congenital Defects and Rare Blood Groups vs. Union of India and Others regarding making available quality and safe food in schools.
An expert group has suggested restricting the availability and consumption of junk food or food high in fat, sugar and salt in schools and in a 50 metre radius around them. It has also called for increasing the availability of wholesome food to schoolchildren across the country. The committee has …
The junk is being taken out of children's lives across the nation. The Centre is set to ban the sale of junk food in school canteens and around school premises across the country soon. In its final guidelines submitted to the Delhi High Court on Wednesday on regulating the sale …
Report To HC Calls Only For Regulation Of Eatables In And Around Schools New Delhi: A report submitted by an expert group on junk food has recommended regulation of such food items in school canteens but shied away from pushing for a total ban. The expert group, formed by the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of M/s. Karukvel Ayyanar Enterprises Chennai & Others Vs The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India New Delhi and others dated 25/02/2014 regarding manufacture and sale of packaged drinking water without Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification …
Draft guidelines for regulating food high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) also popularly known as Junk Food. Working Group set up by the Expert Group set up as per the order dated September 4, 2013 of the Honorable High Court of Delhi.
DIGEST THIS: Survey Shows Fruit, Veggies Are High On Chemical Content Bangalore: Probably it’s time to take a closer look at what’s on your platter. Cypermethrin, heptachlor, quinalphos, aldrin, chlorodane, dichlorvas, cypermethrin — these banned pesticides could well be a part of your regular diet. Okras, leafy green cabbages and …
Categories across the board from chocolate to cheese, olive oil to biscuits have been impacted as a result of stand off between importers, food safety regulator It is not just your favourite imported chocolate that went missing from shop shelves this festive season. Crispies such as Pringles, gourmet cheese, olive …
Even as many imported food items continue to perish at several ports across the country and companies are opposing the Food Safety and Standards Authority's (FSSAI) directives blocking consignments of packaged foods over labelling issues, the government maintains that it cannot compromise on standards, especially when it concerns the health …
This Diwali, many housewives in the city are preparing sweets at home for the festival due to fear of adulteration in sweets available in markets. "Around this time of the year, the worst quality of khoya is available in the market. In the past few months, the price of milk …
