Judgment of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Durga Prasad Yadav & Others Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 22/12/2023. The matter related to the damage to the environment and existence of river Trilodki Ganga (Baha) caused by the construction of Maryada Purushottam Shri Ram International …
Global food systems are not meeting the world's dietary needs. About one billion people are hungry, while two billion people are overweight. India, for example, is experiencing rises in both: since 1995 an additional 65 million people are malnourished, and one in five adults is now overweight. This coexistence of …
In an article that forms part of the PLoS Medicine series on Big Food, Andrew Cheyne and colleagues compare soda companies' corporate social responsibility (CSR) campaigns - which are designed to bolster the image and popularity of their products and to prevent regulation - with the tobacco industry's CSR campaigning. …
Tokyo: It’s being called the world’s first “healthy cola”. Japan, which boasts of the world’s most stringent food regulatory laws, has approved the world’s first cola for being “beneficial to health”. Colas aren’t really known for their health benefits. They are usually packed with sugar and have been fuelling the …
The Coca-Cola Company has reassured its product safety after completing major corrective measures undertaken at the request of a quality watchdog in a Chinese province. The beverage giant's bottling plant in Shanxi province was asked to suspend production and take corrective actions last Saturday by Shanxi provincial Bureau of Quality …
Regulators in northern China shut down production at a beverage plant owned by Coca-Cola Co. KO -0.40% after finding chlorine in a batch of drinks made in February. The food-safety regulator in Shanxi province said Saturday that during an April inspection it found that a batch of drinks produced by …
Food safety regulators in northern China have shut down production at a beverage plant owned by Coca-Cola Co. KO +1.22% as punishment after finding chlorine in a batch of drinks made in February. In a statement on Saturday, the quality regulator in the Chinese province of Shanxi said it found …
Diet Colas Tied To Higher Risk Of Blood Vessel Burst. Mumbai: Tempting as it may be due to rising mercury levels, people having fizzy drinks daily are at a 20% higher risk of getting heart disease than those who don’t, a new study suggests. Also, people who drink diet sodas …
Forget the sales pitch on the box and read the fine print. Is the promised 'low-fat' low enough, the 'multigrain' whole or refined? Sugar-free’ cream cookies, ‘wholegrain’ cereal bars, ‘all-natural’ fruit juice: it’s hard to ignore the screaming labels on superstore shelves, but can you take them at face value? …
Awareness education & effects low in face of sustained marketing, regret activists In recent months, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have had frequent run-ins with regulators and activists over issues pertaining to the presence of harmful chemicals such as lead and cadmium and the adverse impact of caramel. Yet, consumers have given …
Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc. are changing the way they make the caramel coloring used in their sodas as a result of a California law that mandates drinks containing a certain level of carcinogens bear a cancer warning label. The companies said the changes will be expanded nationally to streamline …
Implications well beyond cola market; demands for similar enforcement here of new US standard Coca-Cola India will import caramel made through a modified process from its international suppliers to allay any fear that excessive drinking of colas could have an adverse impact on health. However, no deadline for the change …
Coke and Pepsi are changing the way they make the caramel coloring used in their sodas as a result of a California law. Coca-Cola Co and Pepsi Co Inc are changing the way they make the caramel coloring used in their sodas as a result of a California law that …
New bottles from cola cos to be 30% biomass-based. The next time you take a swig from a Coca-Cola bottle, it may well be ‘green’ — not in colour or content, but in composition. Coke will soon launch new bottles that are 30% biomass-based, said Asim Parekh, vice-president (technical), Coca-Cola …
The Grand Canyon will soon ban the sale of bottled water, responding to concerns that empty plastic bottles scattered around the park are spoiling views of the natural wonder. The National Park Service has approved a plan that would eliminate the sale of bottled water within 30 days, after nearly …
The UN has launched an online database that showcases the strategies adopted by global majors like Microsoft and Starbucks to adapt to climate change and at the same time ensure an increase in their profits. The database can be accessed through the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change website. It …
Coca-Cola Co announced a plan on Thursday that brings it closer to rolling out soft drink bottles made entirely from plant-based plastic. Coke and archrival PepsiCo Inc are in a race to use greener packaging, a challenge for carbonated beverages that put a lot of pressure on the walls of …
Chinese police said they are investigating how toxic chemicals found their way into Coca-Cola Co. drinks in the northeast province of Jilin, killing a child and causing illness in three other people. "We are all working around the clock on this case," said a spokesman for the Public Security Bureau …
Coca-Cola Co. said it has found no product-quality issue with its Minute Maid Pulpy Super Milky juice drinks in China after a child who drank from a bottle died and three others fell sick. The state-run Xinhua news agency said police in the northeastern province of Jilin found traces of …
S. Faizi, Environment Expert Member of the Plachimada High Power Committee, has questioned the arguments of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Ltd relating to the Plachimada Coca-Cola Victims' Relief and Compensation Claims Special Tribunal Bill 2011 forwarded by the Union Home Ministry to the State. In a letter sent to the Prime …
KOCHI: Coming out strongly against the Coca-Cola sponsored potable water programme former Forest Minister Benoy Viswom has said the model of Foreign Direct Investment put forward by the Coca-Cola company is not at all acceptable. “A company which has destroyed the water of an entire land is now promising to …
