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Corporate pressure may put India's obesity prevention plans on hold

No lip service on junk food ban: Delhi HC

Asks Centre to file an action taken report by November 2

Divert, deny, dismiss and damn

Iran's food industry top polluter

Pesticides in our food

There is never any end to learning. And so, surprises. We have learnt, over 20 years, that environmental governance in India is lackadaisical. …

Pro-industry food safety and standards bill does not address safety concerns

"We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine-gun." -- George Orwell in his 1937 novel The Road …

Tax sugar-sweetened beverages to reduce obesity and diabetes, says study

On an average, diabetes is responsible for two per cent of total deaths in India

In court

Ganguly panel confirms pesticide in soft drinks

SC refuses interim relief to Kerala government in Coke case

New York may lose its sugary fizz fix

Mayor calls for ban on sale of super-sized soft drinks

Bottled water norms notified

More new norms wanted

We found to our horror

By regulation, the soft drink industry must use "potable" water. But what's that? Who ensures municipalities meet standards? What …

Tata Tea under scanner for poor living condition and coercion of workers

World Bank authorises enquiry after investing US $8 million in the global beverages company

Prominent Indian tea brands contain pesticides: Greenpeace

Study finds 67 per cent of tested samples of packed tea leaves contained banned pesticide DDT; some samples had acutely poisonous monocrotophos

How true is Horlicks ad hype on boiled milk?

Experts say advertisement is misleading

SC raps FSSAI

Asks it to reconstitute panels examining the harmful effects of chemicals and toxins in carbonated beverages and other food items