Fresh 'n' fruity

On the dotted line

India's decision to ratify the Biosafety Protocol is meaningless unless domestic laws are tightened

Food security

Birth of the cool

Fridges to hum on sound waves

Tangy turnip

Science & Technology - Briefs

Whose inflation is it anyway?

Government sat on grain stocks while food prices shot up

Out of reach

Migrants and tribals deprived of rations; public tribunal steps in

Earth health

Clinically clean, gleamingly coloured, hermetically sealed fruits and vegetables face the challenge of organic food

A bank to save the embarrassment of riches

Surplus food from hotels in the Capital is no longer thrown away: A non-profit organisation that started recently collects the food and …

Watch before you eat

Air pollution contributes to heavy metals in vegetables

With a pinch of salt

Fast food can be made less salty, finds research. But companies refuse to do so

Sikkim bans gutkha

It is the 13th state to do so after FSSAI issued a regulation last year

COLANISATION'S DIRTY DOZEN

12 brands of cold drinks put to the test the coolest event of our times. They put to the test the most aggressive, glitzy, gutsy, premium, …

Activists urge FSSAI to reconsider planned fortification of rice, oil

Instead of food fortification, the food regulator needed to promote organically grown, biodiverse food for people, ASHA said

COVID-19 calls for renewed focus on eating right and natural

Post-COVID-19 scenario offers a unique opportunity to seize the moment and repurpose policies towards a food system that is resilient and …

Nepal’s civil society wants right to food to become fundamental right

Country is in the process of drafting a new Constitution and civil society organisations are demanding that food security be included in the text

Junk food sale in schools: FSSAI panel frames weak guidelines

'Draft guidelines submitted in Delhi High Court will not serve the purpose of saving children from junk food'

New Consumer Protection Bill promises a much wider scope

The establishment of the Central Consumer Protection Authority empowered to take action against defaulters is the most novel feature of the Bill

A token gesture for food security

Activists say the budget lays bare governmentÔÇÖs intentions over food security bill

Parties steal Congress show

BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh enacts its own food security law, non-Congress states to follow

Ban on futures trading to go

Just for that tangy taste

Soft drinks have added phosphates which accelerate ageing  

India, south Asian neighbours must act against trans-fat now: WHO

The countries are among the 15 that account for two-thirds of the deaths linked to the substance

Honey fraud: No bold FSSAI move but ads from erring brands grew, says CSE

Advertising volumes for honey category grew nine times in print and four times in digital media in December