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5 Indian honey brands get HC notice
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Honey has been a quintessential part of our day-to-day indulgence, right from accentuating the taste of our morning drinks to teas to desserts, but what if we tell you that the honey you are consuming doesn’t meet the safety standards and may be adulterated!
Is your Honey fit for consumption?
SC issue notices to Centre, States on plea seeking ban on adulterated honey
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The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from Centre and states on a plea seeking permanent ban on all unauthorised production, and companies and individuals carrying out illegal adulterated honey business.
The plea, filed by the Anti-Corruption Council of India Trust, through advocate Manju Jetley, cited the report from researchers of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), stating that major Indian brands of honey were mixing honey with a modified sugar from China which bypasses some basic tests used to detect the adulteration in honey .
A bench, headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and comprising Justices A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian, after a brief hearing in the matter, issued notice on the plea.
SC notice on plea questioning Indian brands of honey
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New Delhi, April 19 : The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from Centre and states on a plea seeking permanent ban on all unauthorised production, and companies and individuals carrying out illegal adulterated honey business.
The plea, filed by the Anti-Corruption Council of India Trust, through advocate Manju Jetley, cited the report from researchers of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), stating that major Indian brands of honey were mixing honey with a modified sugar from China which bypasses some basic tests used to detect the adulteration in honey .
GUWAHATI: These are like the choicest nutritional diamonds from the Brahmaputra Valley.
Four native rice varieties, which are nutrient-rich and sumptuous, will be on the platter in Assam from Wednesday when a charitable trust launches them under the brand “Native Basket”.
The “Foundation for Development Integration” will launch 100 quintals each of “Amona Bao”, “Kola Joha”, “Ronga Bao” and “Boga Betguti”. Each variety has high contents of amylose, protein, dietary fibre, and oil as recognised by the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India. Amona Bao is also flood-resistant.
The trust, launched as an NGO in 1998, works with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.