In the wake of reports of heavy pesticide residues in colas, the Andhra Pradesh government has asked the Institute of Preventive Medicine to analyse their contents with the assistance of Central Food Technology and Research Institute in Karnataka.
"If India truly wants to be a superpower," Dr Abhijit Vaidya tells Kangana Pandiya, "48 per cent of our people cannot be malnourished. We need to ensure health for all."
Your morning cup of tea might become clean, soon. The Tea Board has asked tea packeters and blenders to stop adding hazardous colours to tea.
The state government of Karnataka has filed a case against Pepsico India under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, owing to the presence of pesticides beyond the permissible level in Mirinda and Pepsi brands of soft drinks.
The Kerala government has contended that the observation contained in the high court judgement had no relevance for considering the ban.
The consumer affairs ministry on Tuesday expressed willingness to issue ISI mark licence for soft drinks provided the companies approach them on the matter, something they had failed to do so far.
Writing the judgment, Justice Srikrishna held that Section 7(4) empowered the authorities in a state to ban items under the Act for a temporary period as the provision was "transitory" in nature.
Amidst the raging controversy over the quality of bottled water, the government has formulated stringent standards proposed to be enforced from April 1, Health Minister Sushma Swaraj said.
Registration of vehicles carrying vegetables, fruits mandatory from July 15.
Just as Billa-Ranga had become symbols of everything that was wrong with the system many years ago, Nestle is now portrayed as the wickedest of the wicked. Every known food crime in India is now attributed to Nestle including deliberately increasing the level of lead in their noodles, as well as deliberately destroying the health of millions. That's not only unfair, it's downright idiotic, says Rajeev Srinivasan.
The company has received a Civil Investigative Demand from the US Department of Justice, Ranbaxy Laboratories said in a filing to the BSE.
Ramdev said at present, the dairy business is pegged at Rs 3 lakh crore, which will be more than Rs 5 lakh crore by 2022
'Our technology is going to help Indian agriculture the way the White Revolution helped milk production.'
Earlier, Jaslok Hospital had issued an advisory to its doctors to avoid prescribing drugs manufactured by Ranbaxy.
'People do not want a 'maha milavat' (highly adulterated) government of those who assembled in Kolkata.'
Experts believe market launches can now happen seamlessly and quickly if FSSAI is removed from the process.
Some celebrities have come under fire for endorsing brands misleading consumers.
T N Seshan believed that toughness at every level is needed to keep the flock under him strictly duty bound, recalls Dr K S Parthasarathy, former secretary, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board.
Ranbaxy Laboratories is recalling 29,790 blister packs of anti-allergy drug in the US, manufactured by its arm Ohms Laboratories, due to defective packaging.
Here's how to create a healthy relationship with your food.
It had posted net profit of Rs 125.75 crore (Rs 1.25 billion) during the January-March quarter of the previous fiscal, 2012-13.
Reputed brands must learn few lessons from the ongoing Maggi controversy.
Instant noodle from Nestle is not the first food brand in India to have faced a tough time though
The US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) has issued a warning letter to RPG Life Sciences for violation of current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) norms at its two plants at Ankleshwar and Mumbai.
Formal warning to Indian unit of deficiencies noted during inspection at facility near Chennai; firm says will remedy
'As an idea, cleaning up India is a good one,' says Mitali Saran.
'The greed for power of the BJP and its allies is exposed to the fact that they can't even give charge to a trusted lieutenant in the absence of the CM.'
While the US health regulator did not specify details for issuing the alert, it said 'detention without physical examination may be appropriate when an FDA inspection has revealed that a firm is not operating in conformity with current good manufacturing practices'.
Jammu and Kashmir MLA Ramesh Arora wants momos banned, but are they really unhygienic and harmful?
The merger has fortified Sun Pharma's position.
India on Monday raised serious concerns over the USFDA's audit inspections of Indian pharma companies and 'disproportionate penalties' in some instances and said it would submit a discussion document on the issues to the US.
.jpg)
The scheme was launched in 2012 in collaboration with three Oil Marketing Companies and Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas for which Delhi Government had incurred an expenditure of Rs 62 crore (Rs 620 million).
Views differ on the subject of celebrity endorsement.
.jpg)
The company has been reported to be retrenching staff.
The government chose moral persuasion to make people give up subsidies, notes Rahul Khullar.
By implementing these simple ideas you will not only have saved a lot of money, but ensured that you do not find yourself in a pile of credit card debt or have thrown your monthly budget out of gear.
What does one make of Ramdev's recent allegations that MNCs are conspiring against Patanjali?
Though Dentsu Aegis says C P Arora left the business in July 2016, his Twitter handle and LinkedIn profile continue to refer to him as Group CFO of Denstu India.
