Poison in disguise

Fake cinnamon floods Indian market as authorities drag feet over regulating its import and sale

Food authority backtracks

Says milk adulterated but not unsafe for consumption

Centre bans gutkha

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

Organic Universe

Organic is all the rage. Organic food, cosmetics, clothes and even organic medicines. But mostly it is food. There are speciality stores that …

Foreign food invasion

A growing taste for foods from across the globe is adding hugely to India’s import bill for groceries and raising health concerns

Sell stevia, face legal action

Food Standards Authority says natural sweetener not a food item  

Stop antibiotics in honey: Centre

No gazette notification yet

Sikkim bans gutkha

It is the 13th state to do so after FSSAI issued a regulation last year

Enforce gutkha ban in Delhi: high court

Forum of doctors had sought ban; cited increasing incidence of oral and lung cancers

No antibiotics to be allowed in honey

Food safety authority approves scientific panel's recommendations for regulating honey quality

Delhi government decides to ban gutkha

Notification to be issued shortly

Complan, Saffola and Kellogg’s under scanner for misleading public

FSSAI initiates prosecution against manufacturers of 19 leading food brands for making unscientific claims about their products

Madras High Court stays implementation of some provisions of Food Safety Act

Traders have been protesting the Act saying it is impractical and harsh

Most Indians drinking adulterated milk, finds FSSAI survey

70 per cent milk samples collected across the country by food safety authority did not conform to standards

No labelling for GM food

New food safety regulation ignores it despite a four-year-old law

Supreme Court notice to food authority on checking supply of adulterated milk

Petition  seeks comprehensive policy on production, supply and sale of healthy, hygienic and natural milk

FSSAI draft guidelines do not propose ban on junk food in schools

Guidelines submitted to Delhi High Court dwell more on promoting consumption of water and hygiene among school kids through Facebook,Twitter

Bihar bans gutkha on World No Tobacco Day

The ban is already successful in Madhya Pradesh and Kerala

SC raps FSSAI

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

Kerala becomes second state to ban chewing tobacco

Those who violate ban may be fined up to Rs 5 lakh or imprisoned up to six years

Gutkha sympathiser

Enforcement agencies had a busy year. They were tough at times, lenient at others

Madhya Pradesh bans gutkha and other chewing tobacco products

Licences of two gutkha manufacturing companies were cancelled in March

Carcinogen in cola drinks: Indian subsidiaries of PepsiCo, Coca-Cola fail to act

Soft drinks giants contemplate tweaking production in the US

Red Bull untamed

Caffeine content in energy drinks go unchecked

Free food body of corporate influence

Supreme Court asks food regulator to form new scientific panels