Rajasthan human rights body seeks answers over food adulteration

In petition, Commission claims use of banned food dyes; use of colour on low quality cereals, and vegetables being washed in sewage water

On the dotted line

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

Food insecurity

Environmental degradation would undermine China's food security in the coming 30 years

Handy testing kit

Ever wanted to find out whether there is urea in the milk you consume or if oil of argemone has found its way in your mustard oil? Rasoi Kasauti, …

Colas get new sweetener

Elixir or poison?

Milk of kindness?

Requiem

It was a strong anti -adulteration law aimed at the standardising of food stuffs. Stronger industrial lobbies and vested interests helped it die …

Finally

Final product norms on soft drinks as a distinct category

How to eat into the market

No to natural sweetener

Nature’s zero-calorie sweetener—stevia—kept out of Indian market

The M in IMA

Under review

Detective poles

Magnets to check fat content of milk, adulterated oil

Watch before you eat

Air pollution contributes to heavy metals in vegetables

Probiotics can help check adverse effects of adulterated milk: study

National Milk Day: A recent study shows how probitic bacteria can check harmful effects of aflatoxins, toxins that can affect all organ …

FSSAI asks consumers to test fish for formalin with easy-to-use kits

In a guidance note, the food regulatory authority has advised consumers, traders and lab technicians to use the preliminary test kits, developed …

South Asia

DROPSY CASE

IMA to endorse PepsiCo's food products

Cap energy drinks

CSE laboratory tests show energy drinks contain excess caffeine; their market grows without checks

Parliamentary panel moots penalty for misleading celebrity endorsements

Celebrities featuring in misleading advertisements of products should be penalised with a fine of up to Rs. 50 lakh and five years of imprisonment,…

Deadly slip up

An adulterated cooking medium sparks off panic in India, but the government remains clueless on how to deal with the crisis

Threat in the treat

Nailing melamine