Food Process Industry

By regulation, the soft drink industry must use potable water. But what s that? Who ensures municipalities meet standards? What standards? Under which law?

Publication Date:

14/08/2003

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20030815

pp:

0

Tags:

Pesticides, Soft Drinks, Food Process Industry, Heavy Metals, Drinking Water, Health Effects, DDT, Lindane, Malathion, Research, Legislation, India, Delhi, European Union (EU)

India

Indian exporters of chilli products are smarting. The EU has all but shut the door on them after recently detecting the presence of Sudan red 1, a carcinogenic industrial dye, in one of their consignments to France. And the Spices Board of India has crack

Publication Date:

14/08/2003

Author(s): Clifford Polycarp, Vibha Varshney

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Spices, Food Process Industry, Trade, Exports, India, European Union (EU)

India

COLANISATION'S DIRTY DOZEN

Deadly pesticides found in 12 leading brands of soft drinks

Publication Date:

14/08/2003

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20030815

pp:

0

Tags:

Pesticides, Soft Drinks, Food Process Industry, Heavy Metals, Drinking Water, Health Effects, DDT, Lindane, Malathion, Research, Legislation, India, Delhi, European Union (EU)

Mining

Not in true spirit

If the battle over failed farm trade talks in the World Trade Organisation (wto) wasn't enough, Brussels and Canberra look likely to clash again as

Publication Date:

14/05/2003

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20030515

pp:

0

Tags:

Food Process Industry, Health Effects, Trade, United States Of America (US), Australia, European Union (EU)

Industry

Mouth watering find

Chocolates are 2,600 years old

Publication Date:

14/08/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Fast Foods, Food Process Industry, Technology, Research, United States Of America (US)

Water Pollution

What's eating you?

Each bite we take eats away of the Earth"s precious resources

Publication Date:

30/07/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20020731

pp:

0

Tags:

Fast Foods, Food Process Industry, United States Of America (US)

Water Pollution

China

Environmental activists in Hong Kong recently staged a protest against Nestle, a multinational food corporation, alleging that the company had failed to keep its promise to stop the use of

Publication Date:

29/06/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Food Process Industry, Genetic Resources, Genetic Engineering, China

Sanitation