Through a notification dated 15 November 2016 the FSSAI has made amendments to standards in the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011 related to packaged drinking water other than mineral water. The draft regulation had been notified in May 2016 and after taking into considerations the suggestions and objections […]
Are there heavy metals in your soft drinks?
The Minister of State for Health, Faggan Singh Kulaste has announced in Parliament that heavy metals like lead, cadmium and chromium have been found in soft drinks like Sprite, Mountain Dew, 7 UP, Pepsi and Coca Cola. Samples of these soft drinks had been sent to the Kolkata National Test House for investigation and the […]
Recommended Daily Allowance can help deal with Iron deficiency
Anaemia affects about 50 to 70 percent of the Indian population and is a major health challenge in the country. Despite supplements infants, young children, women of child bearing age, pregnant women, in rural as well as urban settings are all affected by iron deficiency. In fact a survey carried out by National institute of […]
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