Food Policy

Why are midday meals not up to the mark: High Court

Taking note of a report published in Newsline on Wednesday, the Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi government and the three civic agencies to look into the issue of why the midday meals supplied

Publication Date: 
02/08/2013
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, High Court, Mid-Day Meal Programme, NGO, Food Supply, Food Standards, Children
Health

Schools of Murder

At 12.30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 16, the school bell tolled to signal lunch.

Publication Date: 
29/07/2013
Amitabh Srivastava
India Today (New Delhi)
Tags:
Bihar, Mid-Day Meal Programme, Children, Chhapra, Madhubani (D), Food Standards
Food Policy

Midday meal: Government plans special team to check food quality

BANGALORE: "We've granted special permission to schools and cooks to reject inferior ingredients and vegetables,'' primary and secondary education minister KimmaneRathnakar said.

Publication Date: 
22/07/2013
Times Of India (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Mid-Day Meal Programme, Food Standards, Drinking Water, Children
Food Policy

Notification of Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) second amendment Regulations, 2013 (relating to transfatty acid, etc.)

Notification of Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) second amendment Regulations, 2013 (relating to transfatty acid, etc.)

Publication Date: 
27/06/2013
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Tags:
Food Safety, Food Standards, Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI), India, Edible Oils
Food Policy

Notification of Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) second amendment Regulations, 2013 (relating to transfatty acid, etc.)

Notification of Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) second amendment Regulations, 2013 (relating to transfatty acid, etc.).

Publication Date: 
27/06/2013
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Tags:
Food Safety, Food Standards, Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, India, Food Additives, Edible Oils, Health Effects
Food Policy

Draft Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Additives) third amendment Regulations, 2013

These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Additives) third amendment Regulations, 2013 (relating to Food for Infant Nutrition, Fortified atta, fortified maida, Oligofructose, Plant stanol esters and Trehalose).

Publication Date: 
16/05/2013
Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI)
Tags:
Food Safety, Food Standards, Food Additives, India, Nutrition, Infant Formula
Food Policy

Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Second Amendment Regulations, 2013

These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Second Amendment Regulations, 2013. They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.

Publication Date: 
18/04/2013
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Tags:
Food Safety, Food Standards, India, Food Additives, Food Contamination, Soft Drinks, Caffeine
Food Supply

Changing definitions of safe food

We need a food safety model based on societal objectives of nutrition, livelihood and safety.

Publication Date: 
25/03/2013
Sunita Narain
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Safety, Nutrition, India, Food Adulteration, CSE Study, Honey, Food Standards, Pesticides
Pesticides

Conference on food safety and environmental toxins, February 20-21, 2013, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

Watch out for live reports from the Conference on food safety & environmental toxins being organised by Centre for Science and Environment from Feb 20-21, 2013 at New Delhi marking a decade of support to community and public policy by CSE's pollution monitoring lab.

Publication Date: 
20/02/2013
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Food Safety, Toxins, India, CSE, Pesticides, Pesticide Regulation, Junk Food, Non Communicable Diseases, Organic Farming, Honey, Endosulfan, Food Standards
Pesticides And Toxins

State of pesticide regulations in India

Of the 234 pesticides registered by the Central Insecticides Board and Registered Committee 59 do not have set MRLs, shows this CSE study on the state of pesticide regulations in India from a food safety perspective in the light of recommendations made by the Joint Parliamentary Committee.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2013
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Pesticide Regulation, India, Pesticides, Maximum Residue Level (MRL), Food Safety, Food Standards, Pesticide Use, Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), Pesticide Residues, Health Effects, Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI), Food Crops, Vegetables

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