Water Supply

Centre to enact law to define drinking water standards

In India you have quality standards specifications for soft drinks, but none for potable water.

Publication Date: 
07/05/2011
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Drinking Water, Drinking Water Standards, Water Supply, India, Soft Drinks, Ministry Of Rural Development
Industry

SC order soon on soft drink bottle octroi

The Supreme Court will soon give its decision on whether soft drink companies like Hindustan Coca-cola Beverages (HCCB) and PepsiCo India Holdings should pay octroi on glass bottles and crates separately, despite the value of same being included in the price of the aerated beverage.

A Bench headed by Justice M K Sharma has reserved its judgement on the pleas of both softdrink majors who opposed

Publication Date: 
25/03/2011
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Soft Drinks Industry, Soft Drinks, Supreme Court, India, Plastics, PepsiCo, Coca Cola
Health

Think before you drink

The energy drinks market in the country is worth Rs 200 crore and is growing unregulated and several studies confirm that  energy drinks can be unsafe. But in India these drinks are labelled as proprietary food that has no prescribed standards. Read this special report in Down to Earth to find more.

Publication Date: 
15/03/2011
Savvy Soumya Misra
Down to Earth
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Child Health, Diabetes, Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI), Food Standards, Health, Health Effects, Heart Diseases, India, Soft Drinks, Toxicity Studies, United States Of America (US), Soft Drinks Industry

The Plachimada Coca-Cola Victims Relief and Compensation Claims Special Tribunal Bill, 2011

A bill to provide for the establishment of a Special Tribunal for the expeditious adjudication of disputes and recovery of compensation for the victims from the Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Private Limited and matters connected
therewith or incidental thereto.

Publication Date: 
24/02/2011
Government of Kerala
Tags:
Coca Cola, Palakkad (D), Kerala, Soft Drinks, Compensation, Health Effects, Soft Drinks Industry
Water Resources

Bill in Kerala House to Penalise Coke for Plachimada Plant

Rs 216-crore compensation sought for

Publication Date: 
23/02/2011
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Water Resources, Palakkad (D), Kerala, Coca Cola, Soft Drinks, Legislation, Groundwater, Hazardous Waste
Water Resources

Kerala govt Bill to make Coke pay for Plachimada

The Kerala government today introduced a Bill in the State Assembly to force Coca-Cola to pay compensation for the alleged negative ecological and health effects of its erstwhile factory at Plachimada in Palakkad district, and to distribute this money to the victims.

Minister for water resources N K Premachandran piloted the Plachimada Coca-Cola Victims

Publication Date: 
23/02/2011
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Palakkad (D), Kerala, Coca Cola, Soft Drinks, Groundwater, Water Resources, Legislation, Drinking Water Scarcity, Compensation
Health

Health effects of energy drinks on children, adolescents, and young adults

To review the effects, adverse consequences, and extent of  energy-drink  consumption among children, adolescents, and young adults.

Publication Date: 
14/02/2011
Sara M. Seifert, Judith L. Schaechter, Eugene R. Hershorin & et al
Pediatrics
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Child Health, Health Effects, Health, Diabetes, Heart Diseases, United States Of America (US), Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, China, Soft Drinks
Health

Are aerated drinks harmful? Definitive study to find out

New Delhi: Is gulping down litres of carbonated soft drinks harming your health?

Publication Date: 
11/02/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Supreme Court, Nutrition, Health Effects, India, Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR), Lifestyles, Soft Drinks
Health

Is there a policy on junk food being sold in school canteens, Court asks Centre

PIL seeks ban on sale of junk food, carbonated drinks on school premises, within 500-yard radius
High time the way children eat at schools was changed, says Uday Foundation in its petition

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Union Government to inform within six weeks whether it had any policy to ban sale of junk food and carbonated drinks in schools.

A Division Bench of

Publication Date: 
10/02/2011
Nirnimesh Kumar
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Health, Soft Drinks, Health Care, Child Health, High Court, Delhi, NGO
Food Policy

Defang food safety panels of lobbyists, SC directs Centre

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre to reconstitute

Publication Date: 
09/02/2011
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
Supreme Court, Food Safety, India, Soft Drinks Industry, Soft Drinks, Health Care, Consumption Patterns, Pesticides And Toxins, Public Interest Litigation (PIL)

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