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For now, New Yorkers must be patient for about two months before the Prohibition-era alcohol law vanishes.

California legislators may reverse a new law banning bare hand contact with food at restaurants and bars.Since January, workers have been required to use gloves or utensils to handle ready-to-eat food, including the rice in ...

The Kerala government has indicated that it would roll out the food law from March 2016.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is set to sign a regulation this month banning smoking in public across Southeast Asia's second-most populous country, rolling out among the toughest anti-tobacco laws in the region.

Coca-Cola and PepsiCo made donations to nearly 100 influential U.S. public health organizations from 2011 to 2015 in an effort to silence groups that might otherwise push for laws regulating soda, researchers contend.

Food outlets must inform public about 14 allergens ranging from nuts and milk to mustard and lupin seeds, often used in flour.Rules aimed at ending the "Russian roulette" food-allergy sufferers face when eating in restaurants, ...

New York is banning trade in shark fins starting next summer in an effort to protect the marine predators.Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who signed the law Friday, said an estimated 73 million sharks are killed worldwide ...

Health Minister J P Nadda informed the Lok Sabha recently that laws to prevent food and milk adulteration will be made more stringent. "We propose to comprehensively review the Food Safety and Standards Act, Rules ...

Californians will be able to legally eat foie gras again after a judge Wednesday overturned a ban on sales of the delicacy, outlawed in the US state for the past two and a half years.

Kapil Mishra, Delhi's Law Minister, has written an official letter to Manish Sisodia, Deputy Chief Minister, Delhi, regarding the legalisation of al fresco dining in Delhi.