Supreme Court issues notices on plea to ensure purity of honey sold in marketThe Supreme Court on Monday issued notices on a PIL seeking court intervention to ensure the purity of honey sold in the market. The PIL wa...
20 Apr, 2021, 06.55 AM IST
Narendra Singh Tomar launches portal and shopping corners to promote marketing of pure honeyTomar said that these two initiatives will help in promoting apiculture and would lead to increase in income of farmers. Madhukranti portal...
07 Apr, 2021, 07.00 PM IST
Government planning checks on honey adulteration soon“We will launch a pilot project soon,” said an agriculture ministry official. “We need to develop a mechanism to track honey right from bee...
17 Mar, 2021, 08.37 AM IST
Honey adulterant import from China may be curbed“Large quantity of high fructose syrup is imported from China and is widely being sold in the market, used for adulteration with honey, as ...
17 Dec, 2020, 10.38 AM IST
Centre for Science & Environment refutes statement issued by Chinese co on sugar exportsCSE says that its investigators wrote to Wuhu Deli seeking syrups that could bypass the honey specifications as mandated by the Food Safety...
08 Dec, 2020, 05.07 PM IST
FSSAI considering new regulations for honey; standards keep evolving, says CEOLast week, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) named 10 leading Indian brands of honey as adulterated with sugar. The CSE report s...
07 Dec, 2020, 06.40 PM IST
Suspected honey brands such as Dabur, Patanjali, Emami set to escalate advertising to allay consumer fearsHoney brands under scrutiny are ready to escalate advertising with increased, new campaigns on mainstream and social media to allay consume...
05 Dec, 2020, 07.34 AM IST
Environmental watchdog CSE provides FSSAI details of honey adulteration investigationCSE Director General Sunita Narain emphasised that the investigations had revealed that the honey adulteration business was sophisticated a...
04 Dec, 2020, 07.13 PM IST
FSSAI seeks details of CSE tests on honey; questions body for not conducting SMR testStating that it has taken note of the CSE investigation on adulteration in honey, FSSAI said it had already made SMR test mandatory as it i...
03 Dec, 2020, 09.37 PM IST
We stand by honey adulteration report: Centre for Science and EnvironmentOn Wednesday, CSE alleged that ten leading Indian brands of honey including Dabur, Patanjali, Baidyanath, Zandu, Hitkari and Apis Himalaya ...
03 Dec, 2020, 08.45 PM IST
CSE alleges ten popular honey brands including Dabur, Patanjali and Zandu are adulterated; brands deny reportHoney brands from Dabur, Emami, Patanjali and Apis have been posting record double digit growth in the June and September quarters, with co...
03 Dec, 2020, 05.19 PM IST
Apis Honey says it 'does not agree' with CSE's report on adulteration in honey“We do not agree with this CSE report; we have been in the honey business for many decades and have always stood for purity,” a spokesperso...
03 Dec, 2020, 01.21 PM IST
Chinese syrup in honey? Check before you buyThe probe by CSE, a public interest research and advocacy group, revealed that 17 out of the 22 honey brands tested had high content of sug...
03 Dec, 2020, 10.10 AM IST
Dabur, Patanjali question study on honey sold in domestic marketOn Wednesday, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) claimed honey sold by several major brands in India has been found adulterated w...
02 Dec, 2020, 08.28 PM IST
Your food may have urea, synthetic gum, stone powder, wall paint & more toxic add-onsAlarmed at the growing menace, chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao has asked enforcement officials to crack down on the various adulteration...
08 Jul, 2017, 12.14 PM IST
Honey prices down to Rs 75/kg on steady growth in domestic outputDabur, which is the market leader in packaged honey, said prices have been low for the past few month now.
01 Sep, 2016, 04.48 AM IST
DIY quick guide to spot adulterated food itemsToday, most of your food items are adulterated. Food safety analysts tell you how to catch the crooks in your kitchen.
15 Jun, 2015, 10.44 AM IST