Food Standards

The prevention of food adulteration act & rules (as on 1.10.2004)

An Act to make provision for prevention of adulteration of the food. This Act may be called the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954. It extends to the whole of India. It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

Publication Date:

01/10/2004

Source: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Tags:

Pesticides, Food Standards, Food Adulteration, Food Additives, Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954, Pesticides And Toxins, Legislation, India

Environment

Consuming trends

Is It Really Safe?

Publication Date:

14/06/2004

Author(s): Nidhi Jamwal

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Food Standards, Food Process Industry, Health Effects

India

Governments should try for 100 per cent pure water

HANS JEURING is the chairperson of Codex Committee on Pesticides Residue CCPR . It is responsible for establishing maximum limits for pesticide residues in food commodities, and comes under the Codex Alimentarius Commission CAC a UN body that sets fo

Publication Date:

30/05/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

13

Issue:

20040531

pp:

0

Tags:

Food Standards, Food Contamination, Health Effects, Pesticide Residues, Developing Countries, European Union (EU)

India

Pests behind Codex standards

Swearing by them is nothing more than laziness and deception of regulators

Publication Date:

30/05/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

13

Issue:

20040531

pp:

0

Tags:

Pesticides, Food Standards, Pesticide Industry, Pesticide Residues, WHO

Agriculture

Ideal edibles

New Zealand dishes out safe food

Publication Date:

30/05/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

13

Issue:

20040531

pp:

0

Tags:

Pesticides, Food Standards, New Zealand

India

In sync

The seven members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (saarc) unanimously decided to harmonise their food norms by 2007, at a recent meeting in Kathmandu. Those members not

Publication Date:

14/05/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20040515

pp:

0

Tags:

Food Standards, SAARC, Kathmandu

India

How to eat into the market

Strategic Food Quality Management: Analysis of Issues and Policy Options

Publication Date:

14/05/2004

Author(s): Clifford Polycarp

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Food Standards, Food Adulteration, Legislation

Agriculture

Sabotaged!

US plays the spoiler at Codex meet

Publication Date:

14/05/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20040515

pp:

0

Tags:

Food Standards, Pesticide Residues, United States Of America (US), European Union (EU)

Industry

The right tag

The Sri Lankan health ministry has strengthened its norms for food labelling and advertisements. It is executing new parameters for cereals, vegetables and spices to improve the quality of the

Publication Date:

14/04/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20040415

pp:

0

Tags:

Food Standards, Sri Lanka

India