
Beijing: US cafe giant Starbucks' Chinese subsidiary has admitted that it used a bug-based red dye in a few food products in their cafes in China, days after announcing plans to stop using the insect extract following an online campaign. The world's largest coffee-shop chain had said earlier this week that it plans to stop using an extract made of dried insects to colour some Frappuccinos and pastries and the...

10:20 PM, Apr 23, 2012

New Delhi: If you thought your glass of milk will give you guaranteed nutrition, think again! The first mass survey of quality of milk supplied to consumers across the country by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has led to shocking discoveries with as many as 69 per cent of the samples failing the test of purity. At least 14 per cent of milk samples were found to...

12:10 PM, Jan 15, 2012

New Delhi: After a ban on plastic packaging for tobacco products, and harsher pictorial warnings that come into effect this December, the smokeless tobacco industry is facing the heat again. This time in the form of the new Food Safety Standards Act. Under the new notification tobacco and nicotine cannot be used as ingredients in any food products. This latest regulation could cost the Rs 8000 crore gutka industry, given...

09:53 AM, Aug 30, 2011

New Delhi: India has ordered imported Japanese food products to be tested for radioactivity, food safety authorities said on Tuesday. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India said in an letter to its units at ports the order applied to products shipped out of Japan after March 11. Several other Asian nations like Thailand, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and the Philippines have ordered similar tests. Japan faces the...

09:37 AM, Mar 16, 2011

In my first interview with Virat Kohli, I had commented on how, on evidence of his international experience – he had at that time played 18 ODIs – he played the short ball better than some of his contemporaries and that the sight of him swiveling on the pull shot was a treat to watch. Smiling almost shyly, Kohli had shrugged it off by saying that while it was a...

08:37 PM, May 04, 2008

Indian Railways has initiated an audit of food safety standards in base kitchens and pantry cars of trains across India. ...

12:10 PM, May 07, 2007