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Food Standards
Consuming trends
Issue Date: Jun 15, 2004
Is It Really Safe? By Soumi Home Roy Consumer Unity & Trust Society Jaipur 2004
Pests behind Codex standards
Issue Date: May 31, 2004
INDIAN authorities responsible for regulating pesticides have one big obsession: Codex. Officials, from both the ministries of agriculture and health and family welfare, have favoured taking refuge in standards set by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC). And they are not alone. The Indian industry, and its various associations cannot be more thankful. Why? Because Codex standards are lax.
Ideal edibles
Issue Date: May 31, 2004
New Zealand has affirmed that its food items are among the safest in the world. On April 26, the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (nzfsa) released a report on chemical residues in the country's food supply in 2002-2003. The report is based on the results of nzfsa's monitoring of such contaminants.
In sync
Issue Date: May 15, 2004
The seven members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (saarc) unanimously decided to harmonise their food norms by 2007, at a recent meeting in Kathmandu. Those members not present are also expected to be involved in the process.
How to eat into the market
Issue Date: May 15, 2004
Strategic Food Quality Management: Analysis of Issues and Policy Options by Satish Y Deodhar Oxford and IBH Publishing Co Pvt Ltd New Delhi 2004
Sabotaged!
Issue Date: May 15, 2004
At the 36th meeting of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR), the US delegation stalled crucial discussions on maximum residue limits (MRLs) for processed or ready-to-eat foods. It achieved this by simply not presenting its paper on the subject. The meet was held in New Delhi from April 19-24.
The right tag
Issue Date: Apr 15, 2004
The Sri Lankan health ministry has strengthened its norms for food labelling and advertisements. It is executing new parameters for cereals, vegetables and spices to improve the quality of the country's food products and minimise consumer exploitation. The parameters are based on moisture content, food colouring, and fat and sugar content in the product.
Slow off the mark
Issue Date: Mar 15, 2004
while the Joint Parliamentary Committee's (jpc) report on pesticide residues in soft drinks has set in motion the process of fixing standards for aerated water, the concerned authorities seem to have charted a circuitous route to achieve the same.
Green light given
Issue Date: Feb 15, 2004
After a protracted debate over genetically modified (gm) maize in the uk, the British government is all set to approve the commercial production of the transgenic crop.
Crisis brewing
Issue Date: Oct 15, 2003
There are worry lines all over the face of M K Bhojan, a small tea grower in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu. Tea prices have fallen cataclysmically in the last few years, affecting small farmers like Bhojan most acutely. In 1997-98, one kilogramme (kg) of green tea leaf fetched as much as Rs 21. And it was possible to make Rs 80 from one kg of processed tea at auctions.
