Codex adopts stricter food safety standards
The international food standards body has adopted stringent laws on pesticides in food and arsenic residue in rice
'Poor nations need Codex education'
Sanjay Dave, director of the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), was recently elected chairperson of …
UN body sets limit on arsenic levels in rice
Codex Commission to develop a new code of practice to help countries comply with the standard
Bt brinjal has no history of safe use
Jack A. Heinemann, professor of molecular biology and genetics at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, has expertise in genetic …
International food standards revised; safe limit for lead reduced
Codex standards now also contain a prescribed daily intake value of potassium, a mineral known to reduce the risk of heart disease
Health ministry sets timeframe for keeping animals treated with antibiotics out of food chain
Antibiotics used for therapeutic purposes in animals to carry details of withdrawal period
UN report identifies top ten food-borne parasites
Codex Committee may introduce new standards for global food trade in order to control the entry of these parasites into the food chain
Freedom from toxins: independent laboratories hold the key
Centre for Science and Environment's Pollution Monitoring Lab has been carrying out research in public interest for more than a decade now. …