Health

Junk food makers move HC

The All-India Food Processors Association (AIFPA) today approached the Delhi High Court, pleading that the court should hear them before passing any final order on a petition that seeks ban on carb

Publication Date: 
03/11/2011
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
High Court, Fast Foods, Food Process Industry, NGO, Advertising, Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954, Food Adulteration, Soft Drinks, Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI)
Health

Take junk food out of schools, say participants at a CSE Round Table

With over Rs 8000-crore junk food industry in India fuelling a host of health disorders such as obesity, diabetes and hypertension amongst urban adolescents -- serious facts came out of the roundtable organised by CSE at New Delhi.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2011
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Child Health, Fast Foods, CSE, Health Care, Food Safety, Children, Soft Drinks
Water Supply

SC rejects PepsiCo’s plea on water rates

New Delhi In a setback to PepsiCo India Holdings, the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Maharashtra government’s decision to impose higher charges for water used for manufacturing of soft drinks b

Publication Date: 
13/09/2011
Indu Bhan
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
PepsiCo, Supreme Court, Maharashtra, Soft Drinks, Water Supply
Pesticides And Toxins

Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, toxins and Residues) Regulations, 2011

These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, toxins and Residues)
Regulations, 2011.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2011
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Tags:
Food Safety, Food Standards, India, Food Contamination, Toxins, Soft Drinks, Lead, Copper, Arsenic, Zinc, Pesticide Residues
Health

Cap energy drinks

CSE laboratory tests show energy drinks contain excess caffeine; their market grows without checks.

Publication Date: 
31/07/2011
Savvy Soumya Misra, Pratibha Rialch
Down to Earth
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Tags:
CSE Study, Food Standards, Health, Health Effects, India, Nutrition, Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954, Soft Drink Standards, Soft Drinks, Soft Drinks Industry, Caffeine

'Energy' drinks packed with caffeine, finds CSEs latest study

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.

Publication Date: 
18/07/2011
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Soft Drinks, Soft Drink Standards, Soft Drinks Industry, Health Effects, India, Food Standards, CSE Study, Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954, Caffeine
Solid Waste

Pepsi Canada To Sell 7UP In Recycled Plastic Bottle

PepsiCo Inc will soon sell its 7UP soft drink in Canada in bottles made from 100 percent recycled plastic, a move that paves the way for a wider roll-out to other drinks and other regions.

PepsiCo Beverages Canada said on Wednesday it will introduce the 7UP EcoGreen bottle in early August.

Publication Date: 
14/07/2011
Martinne Geller
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
PepsiCo, Soft Drinks, Plastics, Waste Recycling, Canada, Green House Gases, Energy, Environment, Soft Drinks Industry

Caffeine content in energy drinks

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.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2011
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Soft Drinks, Soft Drink Standards, Soft Drinks Industry, Caffeine, India, CSE Study, Health Effects, Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954, Food Standards
Industry

Coca-Cola uses solar cooler to push rural sales

Sales of soft drinks have long been stymied by erratic power supply, but an environment-friendly innovation developed by Coca-Cola India now promises to change all that.

Publication Date: 
06/06/2011
Rupali Mukherjee
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Soft Drinks, Coca Cola, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Food Process Industry, Agra (D)
Health

Sports drinks and energy drinks for children and adolescents: Are they appropriate?

Sports and energy drinks are being marketed to children and adolescents for a wide variety of inappropriate uses. Sports drinks and energy drinks are significantly different products, and the terms should not be used interchangeably.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2011
Marcie Beth Schneider, Holly J. Benjamin
Pediatrics
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Tags:
Soft Drinks, Health Effects, Child Health, Caffeine, Soft Drink Standards, United States Of America (US), Obesity, Research, Health

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