India Bans Milk

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has announced that it plans to conduct a surveillance solely focussed on milk and milk products.

India's biggest dairy group Amul has written to the government urging it to delay a planned ban on tiny plastic straws, saying the move will have a "negative impact" on farmers and milk consumption in the world's biggest producer of the commodity.

India's biggest dairy group Amul has written to the Government urging it to delay a planned ban on tiny plastic straws

On a petition to save one of the most sacred shrines of Lord Shiva in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain the Supreme Court on Friday gave the temple management a free hand to introduce new norms for worship at the Mahakaleshwar temple including a ban on devotees from offering milk and curd to the stone Shiv Lingam.

In an endearing tweet, the Managing Director of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Amul) - India's largest dairy cooperative - has invited the 16,000 affected liquor shops to open milk bars instead.

The baby food industry has violated the Infant Milk Substitutes Act (IMS) that bans promotion of breast-milk substitutes at least 54 times between 2008 and 2016, according to an industry watchdog.

The baby food industry has violated the Infant Milk Substitutes Act (IMS) that bans promotion of breast-milk substitutes at least 54 times between 2008 and 2016, according to an industry watchdog.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said people were now going for healthy foods like milk, rasgulla, gulab jamun and peda after shunning liquor.

India has banned import of milk and milk products, certain mobile phones and a few other items from China after finding them sub-standard or not following security codes.

The government has extended the ban on imports of milk and its products from China for one more year till June 2016.

Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday ordered safety checks on Maggi instant noodles after food inspectors in several states said the test batches of the popular snack were found to contain dangerous levels of lead.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain has announced an immediate "15-day ban" on sale of Maggi noodles and has asked Nestle, which manufactures the snack, to recall current stocks from the capital in that time and make available new stock, which will be allowed on shelves only after proper checks. The Indian Army, too, has issued an advisory asking ...

The justifications offered for the beef ban in Maharashtra and Haryana seems to be backed more by myth and anecdote rather than any real evidence.

India, which first banned Chinese dairy products in 2008, had been periodically extending it. The previous ban expired on June 23, 2014.

Seeking to push further the relationship with Bhutan, India today announced a number of measures and concessions including the exemption of Bhutan from any ban on export of milk powder, wheat, edible oil, pulses and non-basmati rice.

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has announced that it plans to conduct a surveillance solely focussed on milk and milk products.

India's biggest dairy group Amul has written to the government urging it to delay a planned ban on tiny plastic straws, saying the move will have a "negative impact" on farmers and milk consumption in the world's biggest producer of the commodity.

India's biggest dairy group Amul has written to the Government urging it to delay a planned ban on tiny plastic straws

On a petition to save one of the most sacred shrines of Lord Shiva in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain the Supreme Court on Friday gave the temple management a free hand to introduce new norms for worship at the Mahakaleshwar temple including a ban on devotees from offering milk and curd to the stone Shiv Lingam.

In an endearing tweet, the Managing Director of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Amul) - India's largest dairy cooperative - has invited the 16,000 affected liquor shops to open milk bars instead.

The baby food industry has violated the Infant Milk Substitutes Act (IMS) that bans promotion of breast-milk substitutes at least 54 times between 2008 and 2016, according to an industry watchdog.

The baby food industry has violated the Infant Milk Substitutes Act (IMS) that bans promotion of breast-milk substitutes at least 54 times between 2008 and 2016, according to an industry watchdog.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said people were now going for healthy foods like milk, rasgulla, gulab jamun and peda after shunning liquor.

India has banned import of milk and milk products, certain mobile phones and a few other items from China after finding them sub-standard or not following security codes.

The government has extended the ban on imports of milk and its products from China for one more year till June 2016.

Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday ordered safety checks on Maggi instant noodles after food inspectors in several states said the test batches of the popular snack were found to contain dangerous levels of lead.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain has announced an immediate "15-day ban" on sale of Maggi noodles and has asked Nestle, which manufactures the snack, to recall current stocks from the capital in that time and make available new stock, which will be allowed on shelves only after proper checks. The Indian Army, too, has issued an advisory asking ...

The justifications offered for the beef ban in Maharashtra and Haryana seems to be backed more by myth and anecdote rather than any real evidence.

India, which first banned Chinese dairy products in 2008, had been periodically extending it. The previous ban expired on June 23, 2014.

Seeking to push further the relationship with Bhutan, India today announced a number of measures and concessions including the exemption of Bhutan from any ban on export of milk powder, wheat, edible oil, pulses and non-basmati rice.