Health

 Eat at your own risk

The first-ever lab study of junk foods in India by Centre for Science and Environment published in Down To Earth exposes dubious claims by fast food giants.

Publication Date: 
15/04/2012
Down to Earth
Tags:
Fast Foods, Health Effects, Obesity, Food Process Industry, Advertising, Child Health, Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI), Food Standards, Heart Diseases, India, Information, Nutrition, Non Communicable Diseases, Soft Drinks, United States Of America (US), Diabetes
Health

Bun Maska Public Unlimited

Did you ever ask for the vital statistics of a samosa?

Publication Date: 
06/04/2012
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Fast Foods, Health Care, Health Effects, CSE Study, CSE, Nutrition, Processed Foods, Food Process Industry, Delhi
Health

Now, Consumers Junk CSE Report

Fast-food chains McDonald’s and KFC, and packaged food brands like Lay’s chips and Maggi noodles reported normal sales this weekend, despite a study on Friday alleging high levels of trans-fat, sug

Publication Date: 
03/04/2012
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
CSE Study, Fast Foods, CSE, India, Health Care, Health, Sunita Narain, Food Safety, Soft Drinks, Processed Foods, Food Process Industry, Pesticides
Health

Big food brands hide harmful effects: CSE

Delhi-based NGO Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has alleged that leading food manufacturers are guilty of “large scale misbranding and misinformation” by claiming that their food products

Publication Date: 
31/03/2012
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, CSE, CSE Study, NGO, Fast Foods, Health Effects, Diseases, Obesity, Diabetes, Food Process Industry
Health

Unhealthy trans-fats in popular fast-food brands: Study

CSE study says fast-food firms misleading consumers, demands stricter labelling firms named deny charges

Fast-food meals and snacks in India contain dangerous levels of trans-fats and salt, an analysis from the combative Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has found. A single packet of potato chips can meet half the daily requirement of fats in a person; a packet of instant noodles has half the salt a human body can absorb in a day.

Publication Date: 
31/03/2012
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Fast Foods, PepsiCo, Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI), CSE Study, Health Effects, WHO, Child Health, Nutrition, CSE, Food Process Industry, Food Safety, Health
Health

Blocked in UK, Complan & Horlicks feed on kids’ exam fears here

These are two ditties from a milk supplement advertisement currently playing on television.

Publication Date: 
16/03/2012
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Energy Drinks, Food Process Industry, Health Care, Health, India, Child Health, Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR), Food Safety, Nutrition
Agriculture

Netherlands to pitch into farm sector

Netherlands will collaborate with Madhya Pradesh in the development, expansion and scientific orientation of agriculture and horticulture sectors in the State.

Publication Date: 
16/02/2012
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
Netherlands, Agriculture, Madhya Pradesh, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Food Process Industry, Horticulture, Bhopal (D)
Food Policy

Food authority crackdown on ad claims

Multigrain noodles that claim to be healthier than the regular variety, digestive biscuits that help weight loss and drinks that make champions out of little children — cracking down on such advert

Publication Date: 
10/02/2012
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI), Food Safety, Health Care, Health, Advertising, India, Information, Food Process Industry
Health

Fries or a fruit bag? Investigating the nutritional composition of fast food children’s meals

The impact of children’s fast food meals on their daily nutritional requirements has not been assessed in Australia. Analysis of the nutritional composition of children’s meals from six fast food chains was conducted. The energy, saturated fat, sugar and sodium content of all children’s meals from the chains were assessed against the fast food industry-defined nutrient criteria for healthy meals and children’s recommended daily nutritional requirements, as defined by the Nutrient Reference Values and the Dietary Guidelines for Children and Adolescents in Australia.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2012
Lyndal Wellard, Colleen Glasson, Kathy Chapman
Appetite
58
1
105–110
Tags:
Fast Foods, Child Health, Health Effects, Nutrition, Australia, Food Process Industry
Health

High time smokeless tobacco was banned

On August 1, 2011 the movement for banning chewing tobacco in India saw a turn in its favour. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), a statutory body under the health ministry to handle food-related issues, notified a new regulation called the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011. It states under rule 2.3.4 that "product not to contain any substance which may be injurious to health: tobacco and nicotine shall not be used as ingredients in any food products".

Publication Date: 
15/01/2012
Sonal Matharu
Governance Now
2
23
42-45
Tags:
Tobacco, Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI), Legislation, Health Effects, Tobacco Related Cancer, India, Food Process Industry, Health Policy

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