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Government Sets A Limit For Antibiotics Use In Poultry

The antibiotics used in animals can enter the human body and make it resistant to the drugs.

Publication Date: 
22/11/2017
NDTV
Tags:
Food Safety, Antibiotics, Poultry, Health Effects, Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI), Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Health
Environment

Salem Collectorate declared plastic waste-free campus

Collector slaps ban on use of polythene articles on the campus

Publication Date: 
22/11/2017
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Plastics, Non-Biodegradable Waste, Environmental Health, Food Safety, Environment Education, Environment
Health

Government proposes to cap levels of 137 antibiotics in meat

Studies have shown that drug resistance cases are on the rise across the world

Publication Date: 
21/11/2017
Daily News Analysis (Delhi)
Tags:
Antibiotics, Poultry, Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI), WHO, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Food Safety, Health Effects, Health
Health

Global fast food giants adopting double standards’

They’ve made little commitment in India on antibiotics misuse in chicken, meat, says CSE

Publication Date: 
14/11/2017
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Safety, Antibiotics, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Food Process Industry, Health Effects, Health
Health

Fast food majors adopting ‘double standards’ on antibiotics use: Centre for Science and Environment

Expressing worry over the use of antibiotics in poultry, including chicken, the CSE warned that eating junk food in India involved major health risks for consumers.

Publication Date: 
14/11/2017
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Fast Foods, Antibiotics, Food Process Industry, Health Effects, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Food Safety, Health
Health

Direction under Section 16(5) of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 regarding operationalisation of Food Safety and Standards (Organic Food) Regulation, 2017

In exercise of the power conferred under section 92 of the Food Safety ad Standards Act-2006, FSSAI had framed the draft Food Safety and Standards (Organic Food) Regulations, 2017 and the same were notified on 19th June, 2017 for inviting comments of stakeholders.

Publication Date: 
09/11/2017
Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI)
Tags:
Organic Foods, Food Safety, Food Standards, India, Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI)
Health

WHO guidelines on use of medically important antimicrobials in food-producing animals

WHO is recommending that farmers and the food industry stop using antibiotics routinely to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals. The new WHO recommendations aim to help preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics that are important for human medicine by reducing their unnecessary use in animals.

Publication Date: 
07/11/2017
World Health Organization
Tags:
Antibiotics, Animal Products, Food Safety, Health Effects, Poultry, Livestock, India, Global
Health

Kolkata's raw food is loaded with toxic lead: GSI study

KOLKATA: From Tollygunge to Kidderpore and Gariahat to Amherst Street, every time you buy vegetables, fish, chicken or grocery from roadside markets, you are taking home dollops of heavy metal pois

Publication Date: 
23/10/2017
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Vegetables, Fish, Heavy Metals, Food Safety, Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, Lead, Health Effects, Health
Health

Gazette Notification of FSS (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Fourteenth Amendment Regulations, 2017 regarding standards for Oils and Fat

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has notified Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Fourteenth Amendment Regulation, 2017 in the official gazette of India w.r.t oils and fats.

Publication Date: 
12/10/2017
Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI)
Tags:
Food Safety, Food Standards, Food Additives, Edible Oils, Health Effects, India
Health

Gazette notification on general standards for milk and milk products

The FSSAI has notified the FSS (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Amendment Regulations, 2017 regarding certain restriction on sale of cream ans FSS (Food products standards and food additives) Amendment Regulations, 2017 regarding revised standards for milk and milk products.

Publication Date: 
12/10/2017
Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI)
Tags:
Milk, Milk Products, Food Safety, Food Standards, India, Food Additives

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