High Court grills official on action taken against milk adulteration

Seeks detailed report by Jan. 21; wants FSDA officials to step up testing of samples “Has anybody been jailed so far or not? Why the number of samples tested have gone down this year? Are you submitting only figures or doing some real work on the ground?” — this was how the Madras High Court on Wednesday grilled Commissioner of Food Safety P. Am....

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Awareness programme on food adulteration held

Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 30: An awareness programme on common adulterants and contaminants present in milk, meat, fruits and vegetables was today held at Women College Gandhi Nagar. The programme was jointly organized by Save Animals Value Environment and Rotary Club Elite. Students and other invitees were given a comprehensive picture of the greed infest....

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Adulteration of milk raises concern: Madras High Court

Wondering  as to what the government was doing to curb adulteration of milk for over one year, the Madras High Court said this is a serious issue.   CHENNAI: Wondering as to what the government was doing to curb adulteration of milk for over one year, the Madras High Court said this is a serious issue.A bench of Justices Vineet Kothari and Anita S....

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