Research in Australian varsity shows the polysaccharide occurs due to biosynthesis
Study sheds light on how salmonella bacteria infect plants
What will cheaper US cheese mean for India's dairy farmers
Gene that helps tomato fight viral infection, heat stress identified
A paper sensor that can detect freshness of milk
IIT Guwahati scientists develop a new detection kit that could make testing freshness of milk easy and fast
Bamboo shoots: Plants of nutrition and employment
Fermented bamboo shoots are a delicacy in the Northeast. They can also become a viable livelihood activity
FSSAI must ensure food regulations at schools are mandatory
Despite directions and advisories, foods high in fat, salt and sugar are easily available in schools; this calls for stricter ...
Pesticide that killed Karnataka devotees has a sordid record in India
Monocrotophos has killed farmers in Maharashtra and school children in Bihar in this decade
Implement Food Security Act properly, demand activists protesting hunger deaths
They claim that most of the 45 people, who died of hunger in the country in the past one ...
Civil society asks Karnataka govt to cut ties with Akshay Patra
The non-profit, a wing of ISKCON, has been accused of not providing onions, garlic and eggs in the mid-day ...
Now there's a way to offset food wasted at weddings
Redirecting wasted food to the needy through initiatives could usher in a change
Colistin ban a step in the right direction, says CSE
Such a ban might open avenues to regulate rampant antibiotic use in poultry in India
Indigenous food must be brought back to plates, say ecologists
Local food crops should be preferred over GM crops to address deficiencies, say experts at Bhubaneswar food sovereignty meet
We lose an indigenous plant variety every 24 minutes
Lack of market pushes farmers away from local crops, say experts at Bhubaneswar food sovereignty meet
FSSAI launches awareness drive on trans fats
Impact of trans fats on human health in India is increasing and awareness about them is vital if they ...
A third of world’s children with stunting live in India: Report
The Global Nutrition Report outlines what the world consumes and how it’s affecting the health of children and adults
FSSAI’s notification on standards for claims on packaged food to release next week
This is a follow-up of the earlier draft notification which was open for comments from March 2017. It will ...
India claims to be self-sufficient in food production but facts say otherwise
If the government decides to feed all its hungry people, India's tag of a net exporting country will be easliy lost
FSSAI clears imported pulses for consumption
The body’s move came after month-long tests on consignments entering three different ports were mostly found to be free ...
Only 10% of milk in India unsafe for human consumption, says FSSAI
The food safety authority conducts a new study with a more standardised approach after its 2011 study had “major ...
Students in government schools consume more vegetables in Delhi-NCR: study
In government schools, students consumed 250 gm of vegetables compared to 230 gm consumed by students in private schools
Food production experts call for more “quality and indigeneity” in agriculture
The remarks were made at a two-day event in Delhi to discuss how food systems can best be transformed ...
Can India reduce food wastage with community refrigerators?
Community refrigerators have helped reduce food wastage in the UAE, Germany and France. India too can popularise and scale ...
10,500 non-licensed eateries de-listed by food aggregators
The step was taken after FSSAI alerted Zomato, Swiggy and others about complaints against such eateries
Culture has helped millets survive
Throughout ages, many rituals have been associated with millet cultivation and women are to be thanked for this