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FSSAI Has Set 12,000 Standards for Food Additives and Ingredients
Jul 15, 2015The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has set 12,000 standards for food additives and ingredients, in a move to ease food products approval process in the country. The move, which follows the recent Maggi food scare, ...
Tags: FSSAI, food manufacture, food additives, food ingredients
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Packaging Redesign of Government-Supplied Condoms
Apr 3, 2015The government of India is working on redesigning the packaging of its condom brand, Nirodh, to make it more attractive to customers. The brand has been selling the condoms in white plastic wrappers with texts printed on the wrapper's ...
Tags: condom brand, condom market, Packaging
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India Developed a Track and Trace Mechanism to Check The Authenticity of a Drug
Mar 18, 2015The health ministry of India has developed a track and trace mechanism that will enable consumers to check the authenticity of a drug with the help of the internet. The move comes after allegations from some international markets that ...
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The Government of Lebanon Decided to Form a Committee to Address Food Safety Issues
Dec 1, 2014The government of Lebanon has decided to form a committee to address food safety issues in the country. The decision came after the health ministry received brickbats from the ministers for publicly 'naming and shaming' food ...
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Tobacco Companies in India Will Have to Cover 85% of Both Sides of Cigarette Packs
Oct 20, 2014Starting April 2015, tobacco companies in India will have to cover 85% of both sides of cigarette packs or other tobacco products with graphics and text warnings about adverse health effects. This will turn India into the country with the ...
Tags: cigarette packs, packages
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Two Chocolate Products Positive for Presence of Pig DNA Were Recalled by Cadbury Malaysia
May 27, 2014Cadbury Confectionery Malaysia has recalled two batches of chocolate products which were tested positive for presence of pig DNA, porcine. Health Ministry director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah was quoted by The Star as saying ...
Tags: Chocolate Productsc, Pig DNA
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Indian Government Exempted Barcoding Plan for Primary Packaging for Medicines
May 23, 2014Indian government has exempted barcoding plan for primary packaging for medicines, comprising single tablets, capsules and vials. The proposal was introduced by the governement in a bid to track and trace export consignments following ...
Tags: Drug Packaging, medicines
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Greece's Government Wednesday Ruled out Reducing a Tax on Heating Oil
Dec 30, 2013Greece's government Wednesday ruled out reducing a tax on heating oil despite a sharp increase in smog resulting from extensive wood-burning. "Reducing the price is not the solution (to the smog problem)," Finance Minister Yannis ...
Tags: Greece, heating oil, extensive wood-burning, tax hikes, energy prices
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China Launches Investigation Into Pharma Services Sector
Aug 18, 2013China is intensifying its investigation into alleged bribery in the pharmaceutical and medical services sector with a fresh three-month probe due to begin today. The investigation by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, a ...
Tags: milk powder, medicine pricing
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Health Ministry Inspect That FDI Limit Is Not at The Cost of The Public Health Goals
Jul 16, 2013India’s Health ministry is planning to organize an inter-ministerial meeting to inspect that the current foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in the pharma industry is not at the cost of the public health goals. The Department of ...
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China Culled All Poultry to Limit a Bird Flu Outbreak Caused by a New Strain of H7N9
Apr 5, 2013China has culled all poultry at Huhuai produce market in Songjiang district of Shanghai in order to limit a bird flu outbreak caused by a new strain of H7N9 virus. The culling was carried out after authorities from the China's Ministry of ...
Tags: H7N9 Bird Flu, culling, Food
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Turkey Has a LED Street Light Conversion Project
Apr 1, 2013Turkey hopes to save millions of Turkish Liras and kilowatts of energy with an ambitious LED street light conversion project that has whet the appetite of sector players, including its leader, General Electric. The project to replace ...
Tags: LED Street Light, LED, LED Light
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Japan's Health Ministry Is Planning to Relax The Age Limit on US Beef From 20-30 Months
Dec 6, 2012Japan's health ministry is planning to relax the age limit on US beef from 20 months to 30 months, a move which will boost US beef imports to Japan. Japan's health ministry food safety department director Hideshi Michino said that the ...
Tags: health ministry, age limit, beef imports
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Malaysia Established a Food Safety Centerand International Food Safety Training Laboratory
Dec 6, 2012Malaysia is establishing a Centre for Food Safety and an International Food Safety Training Laboratory.The project is likely to cost the government MYR56m($20m). The construction of the center,which will be located at Salak ...
Tags: Food Safety, International Food Safety Training Laboratory, cost
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John Terry Instructed Our Legal Team to Investigate Cigarette Pack Image
Nov 28, 2012The blurred head-and-upper-body image appears above the words ‘Smoking Kills’. The Indian Express said it was part of an anti-smoking drive. The government’s directorate of visual publicity said it was unclear why the ...
Tags: cigarette pack image, Smoking Kills, smoking, anti smoking drive
