Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), along with other organisations from across the world, urges Coca-Cola and PepsiCo to stop marketing sugared drinks to children
Says the move would significantly help in limiting diabetes
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has closed down its regional offices in Lucknow and Chandigarh
The Directorate of Education, Delhi has directed heads of schools to create awareness among students and parents about ill effects of foods high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) and to consider banning sale of such junk foods in schools’ canteens
Growing antibiotic-resistance in humans also because of large-scale indiscriminate use of antibiotics in poultry industry, claims CSE study
FSSAI has issued draft guidelines on wholesome and nutritious food availability in school that would help control junk food consumption among school children in India
FSSAI has cut down the maximum permitted trans fats in fats and oils. At 5 per cent, the new standards are half of the earlier limit and will come into force by August 2016
A committee on junk food and childhood obesity set up by the Ministry of Women and Child Development has recommended ban on junk foods in school canteens and within 200 meters of school
CSE’s earlier lab test on Maggi had revealed high salt content and empty calories
Food safety is the theme for the World Health Day in 2015
Bhopal 2.0 requires government to clean the toxic waste lying in the factory and fix liability. The lesson is that post-Bhopal, India has laws for hazardous waste management and industrial disasters, but no compliance. Which is why we have scores of mini-Bhopals every year
Reveals that poultry industry is misleading the public by saying that residues found in Indian chicken are lower than the EU standards.
The food authority also begins to act
Presence of heavy metals in cosmetics – a CSE study release
Policy should move from disease control to prevention, and focus more on water and sanitation, safe food and clean environment
Links toxins to production processes of plant. Bhopal, December 1, 2009: For more than 25 years, the Union Carbide (UCIL) factory has been contaminating the land and water of Bhopal. Latest tests show that groundwater in areas even three km away from the factory contains almost 40 times more pesticides than Indian standards.