DROPSY CASE

IMA to endorse PepsiCo's food products

Cap energy drinks

CSE laboratory tests show energy drinks contain excess caffeine; their market grows without checks

CSE gives FSSAI information about its probe into honey adulteration

Urges food regulator to take quick action against nefarious business

Threat in the treat

Nailing melamine

Parliamentary panel moots penalty for misleading celebrity endorsements

Celebrities featuring in misleading advertisements of products should be penalised with a fine of up to Rs. 50 lakh and five years of imprisonment,…

Deadly slip up

An adulterated cooking medium sparks off panic in India, but the government remains clueless on how to deal with the crisis

India’s food safety authority halts sale of Monster Energy drinks

The drinks contain ingredients which are either not permitted under food safety regulations or for which the proof of permission is missing

It’s sugar, honey; and it’s a crime

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

How to check if your milk is adulterated

Some simple tests to check milk and milk products for common adulterants 

Only 10% of milk in India unsafe for human consumption, says FSSAI

The food safety authority conducts a new study with a more standardised approach after its 2011 study had “major drawbacks”

Soft drinks do contain pesticides

The Joint Parliamentary Committee has finally delivered its verdict. Affirming that the Centre for Science and Environment's findings about the …

Red Bull untamed

Caffeine content in energy drinks go unchecked

Natural and pure?

There is no way one can tell

Contest for pesticide

Demand for state control as Pesticides Management Bill is set to be tabled in Parliament

Detergent detector

New test to identify synthetic milk

Tips to check quality of some common foods

Some simple tests to check oil, honey, sugar and other items for adulteration

Tightening up

To rein in beverages industry

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 …

Ban likely on junk food in schools

Food safety authority asks states to consider prohibition

Clean milk drive

Stalemate

Over food law enforcement

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

Centre bans gutkha

Activists, health experts are sceptical; pin hope on Supreme Court’s verdict on smokeless tobacco