Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: How poor regulation threatens aquaculture

There are no regulations or institutional setup for freshwater aquaculture

Just what is a ‘healthy diet’? A UN paper explains

New United Nations paper released ahead of Food Systems Summit makes critical points about food nutrition and safety

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

COVID-19: Food waste during pandemic can worsen climate emergency

The median amount of food waste per capita in large developed economies is significantly higher than in large developing economies

No evidence of COVID-19 transmission through food, say scientists

Packaging of food is not a source of contamination, according to experts 

Beer, wine contaminated with glyphosate: US study

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

Simply put: Food contamination kills 2 million people

Study sheds light on how salmonella bacteria infect plants

Researchers found that unlike other disease-causing bacteria, salmonella sneaks in through a tiny gap created when a lateral root …

A vicious nexus

To ensure that inconvenient research is besmirched and killed, industries are invariably attacking the science and researchers

#FitnessChallenge: A life cycle of challenges I throw at PM Modi

Being conceived is like being punished to a slow death owing to environmental pollution that needs a reality check

Your food might be growing in contaminated soil

Soil pollution poses a major risk to human health by impairing plant metabolism and making crops unsafe for consumption

You may be drinking tiny pieces of plastic with bottled water

A study says that 93% of bottled water contains microplastics

A pest gene can help fight pesticide contamination in environment: study

A group of reseachers from Pune have isolated an enzyme from a pest which can be clean up pesticide residues from food and environment

Residue standards for organic food is a step in the right direction:CSE

FSSAI's new regulations for residue standards to certify food as organic is in alignment with international best practices 

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 …

What's in your honey?

Ayurveda prescribes it for a range of ailments. People eat it for rejuvenation and boosting immunity. An Indian homemaker’s kitchen shelf …

In Karnataka, 258 cows may be culled to prevent spread of disease

Brucellosis, also known as ‘contagious abortion', is an infection transmitted from animals to humans

US overhauls law on chemical safety; India should follow suit

As the US focuses on more stringent safety tests for chemicals, India needs to replicate a similar model to curb indiscriminate use of pesticides

We created a new material from orange peel that can clean up mercury pollution: researchers

When researchers combined two industrial waste products, they created a material that could clean up mercury

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

Pesticide-rich food

Agriculture department confirms high pesticide residues

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Red alert on Indian spices

Spice Board challenges US food department’s claims over salmonella contamination

E coli outbreak in EU

India alerts ports that receive fruits, vegetables from Europe

Kerala gets cautious

Plans to ban extremely and moderately hazardous pesticides in cardamom district, Idukki