Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
Commonwealth Games are going to be organised in Delhi in 2010 which is likely to bring in a large number of participants and visitors to the city of Delhi. This provides a unique opportunity for reviewing and upgrading the safety of the food served in the eating establishments in Delhi …
Madurai, July 31 Foodgrain merchants in Tamil Nadu are apprehensive about the Food Safety and Standards Act (FSS Act) 2006, which is likely to come into force shortly, and the notifications following it. The Act has several clauses that would make it difficult for the food industry to survive. Not …
This article interrogates the claims of intellectual property to be a right. Drawing on the political theory of rights, it argues that information, ideas and knowledge fail to meet the basic test of rights and intellectual property right prevents those who do not own it from accessing and exercising their …
International green groups attacked Europe's leading food safety agency on Wednesday for its views on biotech crops and foods, saying a recent opinion was flawed and had ignored studies highlighting safety concerns. In a report analyzing last month's opinion by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on the safety of …
For examination of adulteration in edible items Food and Drug Department is going to launch a mobile laboratory. In this laboratory primary examination of samples of edible items will be done on the spot. These mobile laboratories will do the job of surveyors. Its greatest advantage will be that there …
The Asian Development Bank will fund $120 million for solid waste management and food safety in six city corporations and five municipalities in Bangladesh, Dhaka City Corporation officials said. The five-year project titled
The Asian Development Bank will fund $120 million for solid waste management and food safety in six city corporations and five municipalities in Bangladesh, Dhaka City Corporation officials said. The five-year project titled
The European Union took a step closer on Tuesday toward 10 more years of biotech cultivation after leading scientists reconfirmed the safety of the only genetically modified crop as yet commercially grown in Europe. That crop is an insect-resistant maize type developed and marketed by U.S. company Monsanto, approved for …
KOCHI: Union Minister K V Thomas said on Thursday that he had sought travel concessions in Railways for writers who were financially weak. He was inaugurating the royalty distribution function organised as part of the Cooperative Library Congress by handing over the documents to M Leelavathi in Kochi. The Minister …
Hong Kong: Hong Kong officials say they have found traces of cocaine in cans of Red Bull, a few days after Taiwanese authorities confiscated close to 18,000 cases of the popular energy drink. Officials at the Centre for Food Safety said a laboratory analysis found tiny amounts of the illegal …
Food security is fundamentally about achieving reliable access to adequate, affordable and nutritious food supplies sufficient to avoid chronic hunger, crisis hunger and stunted development. Once basic caloric needs are met, a second stage of food concerns surfaces around safety and healthfulness. This safety dimension involves securing food supplies free …
The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control (DFTCQ) has said three popular brands of edible oil -Dhara, Family and Shakti have been found substandard and unfit for consumption. Organising a press conference in Kathmandu Sunday, the DFTCQ said Family brand mustard oil, Dhara brand mustard oil and Shakti brand …
Energy drinks sold in restaurants and grocery stores have caught the eye of food regulators in Maharashtra. In the first week of April, they seized large quantities of beverages sold under brands like Red Bull, Cloud 9, Fighter and SoBe Adrenaline Rush from godowns in Pune and Mumbai. Officials of …
