US biotech to plant GM rice with human genes

Billed to confuse

A new bill leaves little scope for dissent on GMOs

Food for nutrition, nature & livelihood

What societies eat reflects their position on the modernity trajectory

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Control your food. It is your business

Several trade-offs impede Zero Hunger goal. A UN report explains why, and how

Achieving SDG2 will require new investments, smoothly functioning trade and changes in consumption patterns, flags UN

Seeking Food Sovereignty

Watch before you eat

Air pollution contributes to heavy metals in vegetables

Beer, wine contaminated with glyphosate: US study

Report flags widespread contamination of farms leading to significant glyphosate levels in beer and wine

A fishy business

The fish you eat possibly contains a cocktail of antibiotics, fed to it for reasons other than disease treatment, shows an investigation by …

China rubbishes contamination allegations

No more stoned cows

Food authority backtracks

Says milk adulterated but not unsafe for consumption

Divert, deny, dismiss and damn

Pesticide in China dumplings

Pesticides in our food

There is never any end to learning. And so, surprises. We have learnt, over 20 years, that environmental governance in India is lackadaisical. …

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SNIPPETS

China bans five pesticides

Natural and pure?

There is no way one can tell

Report highlights use of non-approved pesticides in food items in India

Even as studies point out the use of these pesticides in food commodities, coordination gaps between concerned deparments have not been addressed

When business rules our kitchens

EU concerned over imports of GM protein used in animal feed by China