Sep 2, 2017
GMC doctor in FSSAI working group
JAMMU, Sept 1: Dr Rekha Harish, Professor and Head, Department of Paediatrics, Government Medical College (GMC), Jammu has been named one of the members of the working group on High Fat Sugar Salt foods by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
The group comprised of seven members selected across various parts of India and have been tasked to suggest threshold for a product/product category for the Country by examining the existing international nutrient profiling models and to look into the work taking expert opinion from WHO-SEARO, CHOICES, line ministers and other stakeholders as per the need.
The working group will define High Fat Sugar Salt (HFSS) foods and will develop and easy to understand and interpretive Front for Pack Labeling of HFSS foods.
Imported chocolates seized for violating labeling norms in Srinagar
Srinagar Sep 1 (UNI) The Legal Metrology department under the supervision of Deputy Controller (Enforcement) Kashmir booked a departmental store in Srinagar at Karan Nagar for selling imported chocolates and biscuits without the mandatory declaration of Maximum Retail Price (MRP) and trade name of the importer.
Under Legal Metrology laws, every packed product should carry the mandatory declarations including MRP and trade name of importer with consumer care details, an official spokesman said here this afternoon.
He said the erring store failed to produce the bills of importer and as a result, the retailer was held responsible for the offence and an amount of Rs 2,000 was slapped as fine on the erring store.
In another instance, a bakery shop was found indulging in short-weighing of packed biscuits. The net quantity declared on the label of biscuit packs was 1 kg whereas when the net contents were weighed, they were found short by 30 grams and the department penalised the bakery shop with Rs 2000 fine.
The department also conducted joint market checking with Drug and Food Organisation, SMC, Revenue, Police under the supervision of Additional Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar namely and booked a number of erring traders for violating different provisions of laws. Moreover, pavements occupied by vendors were cleared at many places by the officials of SMC.
Food Safety Officers also lifted some samples of food for analysis. The markets of Batamalloo, Karn Nagar, Kaka Sarai and Qamarwari were inspected. One team headed by Tehsildar Hazaratbal also conducted joint inspection with Legal Metrology department in the localities of Kanitar, Sadrebal, Hazrarbal, Habbak etc and booked 22 erring traders for which LMD collected a fine of Rs 15,200.
2,000 join online plea against caged hens
PUNE: As many as 2,000 consumers have taken to the social media to join Pune-based animal protection organisation, Animal Equality, demanding that McDonald's stop procuring eggs from caged hens. They want the multinational to opt for eggs from cage-free hens.
The consumers signed an Animal Equality petition for better treatment of hens. "Consumers also took selfies holding signs saying 'No more cages', urging McDonald's to ban cages. Their company leaders were sent emails requesting better treatment of the birds," Amruta Ubale, executive director of Animal Equality, said.
Ubale said hens in the factory farms are restricted in small wire cages. "They cannot spread their wings and are deprived of the freedom to express natural behaviour while the wire floor of the cage causes their feet to become sore, cracked, deformed, and bloody," she added.
In a response to an e-mail sent by TOI, 'a statement from McDonald's India - West & South said' said, " The transition to cage-free eggs requires the collaboration of industry bodies, governments, supply partners and local farms to establish a sustainable solution in India, one that achieves both local regulatory requirements and McDonald's high standards of food safety and animal health and welfare."
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