Centre for Science and Environment’s Pollution Monitoring Lab carries out tests on leading ‘energy’ drink brands like Red Bull and Cloud 9. Finds high levels of caffeine in 44 per cent of the samples.

Energy drinks sold freely in India – and consumed especially by the young to increase stamina and alertness of mind contain 'dangerously high' levels of caffeine finds CSE's latest study and calls for strict regulatory controls over caffeine content.

Affidavit filed in the Delhi High Court by Food and Safety Standards Authority of India (Union Health Ministry) regarding petition of Uday Foundation to ban junk food in schools dated July 2011.

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The Delhi Government has banned the use of calcium carbide in the Capital for ripening of fruits.

Health Minister Dr. A. K. Walia held a meeting on Tuesday to discuss the issue and alternative techniques for ripening of fruits.

These rules may be called the Prevention of Food Adulteration (1st Amendment) Rules, 2011.  They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.

Company argued it was following globally accepted norms.

The Supreme Court today quashed the prosecution of soft drink giant PepsiCo by the Kerala government over the pesticide content found in its bottles picked at random from the market.

A three-judge bench headed by Justice Altamash Kabir set aside the criminal proceedings, mainly accepting the argument of the company that there was no la

IN A reprieve to the soft drink major, Pepsico India, the Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the criminal prosecution cases against the company and its directors for the presence of pesticide carbofuran in its soft drinks.

It is a natural sweetener and calorie free. But soft drinks makers don

Recently some reports have been appeared in the newspapers regarding the permitted levels of antibiotics in honey. The following advisory is issued by Food Safety
and Standards Authority to clarify the issues involved. Honey is the natural sweet substance produced by honey bees from the nectar of
blossoms or from secretions of plants.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its judgment on a batch of pleas filed by global softdrink majors Pepsico challenging the Kerala government

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