Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
The Centre for Science and Environment Director-General, Sunita Narain, has demanded that all junk food be banned from unaided and private schools across the country. Food high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) should not be available in educational institutions and within 500 yards of them. Ms. Narain is the …
Provide nutritious food to children: CSE’s Sunita Narain. Asserting that banning junk food in schools is the need of the hour, the Centre for Science and Environment Director-General Sunita Narain has demanded that a uniform canteen policy be adopted by all unaided and private schools across the country. Noting that …
An expert group, formed on Delhi High Court order to frame guidelines on junk food in schools, today alleged its report was diluted by the food safety body before it was submitted to the court. The allegation by co-chair of the expert group Sunita Narain came a day before the …
Court wants to know which junk foods should be regulated. Fixes next hearing for August 6, 2014. CSE welcomes the court’s directive in the 2010 PIL filed by Uday Foundation. CSE has pointed out that the recent junk food-related guidelines submitted by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India …
Draft guidelines for making available wholesome, nutritious, safe and hygienic food to school children in India Status note in the W.P. (C) 8568/2010 titled as Uday Foundation for Congenital Defects and Rare Blood Groups vs. Union of India and Others regarding making available quality and safe food in schools.
An expert group has suggested restricting the availability and consumption of junk food or food high in fat, sugar and salt in schools and in a 50 metre radius around them. It has also called for increasing the availability of wholesome food to schoolchildren across the country. The committee has …
The junk is being taken out of children's lives across the nation. The Centre is set to ban the sale of junk food in school canteens and around school premises across the country soon. In its final guidelines submitted to the Delhi High Court on Wednesday on regulating the sale …
Report To HC Calls Only For Regulation Of Eatables In And Around Schools New Delhi: A report submitted by an expert group on junk food has recommended regulation of such food items in school canteens but shied away from pushing for a total ban. The expert group, formed by the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of M/s. Karukvel Ayyanar Enterprises Chennai & Others Vs The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India New Delhi and others dated 25/02/2014 regarding manufacture and sale of packaged drinking water without Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification …
Draft guidelines for regulating food high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) also popularly known as Junk Food. Working Group set up by the Expert Group set up as per the order dated September 4, 2013 of the Honorable High Court of Delhi.
DIGEST THIS: Survey Shows Fruit, Veggies Are High On Chemical Content Bangalore: Probably it’s time to take a closer look at what’s on your platter. Cypermethrin, heptachlor, quinalphos, aldrin, chlorodane, dichlorvas, cypermethrin — these banned pesticides could well be a part of your regular diet. Okras, leafy green cabbages and …
Categories across the board from chocolate to cheese, olive oil to biscuits have been impacted as a result of stand off between importers, food safety regulator It is not just your favourite imported chocolate that went missing from shop shelves this festive season. Crispies such as Pringles, gourmet cheese, olive …
Even as many imported food items continue to perish at several ports across the country and companies are opposing the Food Safety and Standards Authority's (FSSAI) directives blocking consignments of packaged foods over labelling issues, the government maintains that it cannot compromise on standards, especially when it concerns the health …
This Diwali, many housewives in the city are preparing sweets at home for the festival due to fear of adulteration in sweets available in markets. "Around this time of the year, the worst quality of khoya is available in the market. In the past few months, the price of milk …
Order of the High Court of Delhi on sale of junk food in school canteens of Delhi, 29/10/2013 in the matter of Uday Foundation For Congenital Defects And Rare Blood Groups Vs Union of India & Others. RELATED CONTENT CSE Study: Nutritional analysis of junk food. Book: Junk food busted. …
The Supreme Court today directed the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to monitor and conduct periodic checks of all carbonated soft drinks as the issue relates to citizens’ fundamental right to life guaranteed under the Constitution. A Bench of Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan and A.K. Sikri passed the …
In a major relief to cola manufacturers Pepsi and Coke, the Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to force them to list their ingredients on labels of aerated soft drinks. In a major relief to cola manufacturers Pepsi and Coke, the Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to force them to list …
A bench of justices passed the direction while disposing of a PIL that had sought constitution of a separate panel to regulate soft drinks. The Supreme Court today directed the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to monitor and conduct periodic checks of all carbonated soft drinks as …
New Delhi: Despite their doubtful hygiene, it is hard to resist the g o l g a p p as, a l o o t i kk is, r a m l a d d o os, m o m os, etc., sold on the roadside. Though Food Safety and …
Supreme Court has directed FSSAI to monitor and conduct periodic checks of all carbonated soft drinks citing that the issue relates to fundamental right to life. Read text of this order issued by the apex court on 22 October 2013. Judgement of the Supreme Court of India on soft drinks, …
