Simply Put: Honey fraud

Let's look for energy options

Subsidy cuts and differential taxation are energy options, says proposal

Honey Fraud: Central consumer authority to act on CSE findings

The Central Consumer Protection Authority has asked food regulator, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, to take appropriate …

Industry holds sway

Supreme Court notice to Centre, states on honey adulteration plea based on CSE probe

CSE probe last year, brought to you by Down To Earth, exposed how Indian honey brands have been taking consumers for a ride

The Honey Trap

Investigation into the business of adulteration of honey

CSE to present tomorrow its investigation into the mother of all food frauds

Press conference will be live streamed tomorrow 12:30 pm    

IMPACT

SC frowns at fuel racket

It’s sugar, honey; and it’s a crime

Tests from a German laboratory found that Indian honey is adulterated with sugar syrup

In Court

Rajasthan human rights body seeks answers over food adulteration

In petition, Commission claims use of banned food dyes; use of colour on low quality cereals, and vegetables being washed in sewage water

On the dotted line

India's decision to ratify the Biosafety Protocol is meaningless unless domestic laws are tightened

Honey Fraud: Our response to statements from Dabur, Patanjali

On December 2, 2020, Delhi-based nonprofit Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and Down To Earth released findings on the nefarious business …

Food insecurity

Environmental degradation would undermine China's food security in the coming 30 years

CSE rebuts Chinese co exporting sugar syrup to India

Clear from correspondence with Wuhu Deli Foods that it knew and understood the honey adulteration business

Handy testing kit

Ever wanted to find out whether there is urea in the milk you consume or if oil of argemone has found its way in your mustard oil? Rasoi Kasauti, …

2-stroke defiance

Colas get new sweetener

Can adulteration of edible oils be addressed by the Goonda Act?

Madras HC recently called for classifying those who adulterate food as goons; but we need long-term solutions

CSE says honey brands sharing their own versions of lab tests is no surprise

The non-profit was responding to brands such as Dabur and Apis India responding to its expose of honey aduleteration with reports of their own

Elixir or poison?

Milk of kindness?

Requiem

It was a strong anti -adulteration law aimed at the standardising of food stuffs. Stronger industrial lobbies and vested interests helped it die …

Adulteration of honey with sugar syrup most pressing threat: Beekeepers

Beekeepers from a number of states spoke said they were losing jobs due to honey aduleterated with sugar syrups being sold in the market

Finally

Final product norms on soft drinks as a distinct category