The problem of adulteration in food items in Delhi appears to be reaching epic proportions with analysis report of samples of pulses and spices lifted on April 19 by the Prevention of Food Adulteration department of the Delhi Government revealing that all of them were indeed adulterated.

The samples had been taken by during a joint raid by personnel of the department along with the area sub-div

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has pulled up the state government for its failure to ensure the supply of quality ration to the people.

In its annual report, the CAG said there was no testing laboratory or trained manpower for conducting quality inspection of the foodgrains supplied through the Public Distribution System (PDS) in the state.

A large number of people have been hospitalised across the city after eating adulterated flour (kuttu ka atta) during Navratri. The patients had common complaints, including stomach ache, nausea, diarrhoea and fever.

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Thanks to a Delhi High Court order, senior law officers of the Central as well as Delhi government will soon be seen buying vegetables across the Capital.

The court, on Wednesday, directed senior government lawyers to fetch vegetables from different mandis across Delhi, so that they could be taken to as many as three laboratories for pesticide tests.

While considering several expert reports, including the World Bank, on ill effects of carbonated soft drinks and growing adulteration in food products, the Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed the panel of scientific experts set up under the new food safety law after finding that several of its members had been directly taken from the industries, including Pepsi and Coke whose products are under the s

After hearing the submissions by amicus curiae in connection with a PIL alleging rampant use of banned pesticides in fruits and vegetables, the Delhi high court on Wednesday decided to hear the issue on March 9.

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LUCKNOW: In a welcome first, officials of the department of food and drug administration will now conduct door-to-door purity tests on milk and milk products in residential colonies in the state capital and across the state.