Food authority backtracks

Says milk adulterated but not unsafe for consumption

Poison in disguise

Fake cinnamon floods Indian market as authorities drag feet over regulating its import and sale

Food safety mess

Traders say Food Safety and Standards Act rolls out red carpet for multinationals

Centre bans gutkha

Activists, health experts are sceptical; pin hope on Supreme Court’s verdict on smokeless tobacco  

Organic Universe

Organic is all the rage. Organic food, cosmetics, clothes and even organic medicines. But mostly it is food. There are speciality stores that …

Rising popularity of artificial vanilla puts Kerala farmers in distress

Vanilla is said to be the world's most popular flavour. As much as 40 per cent of the world's ice cream is vanilla flavoured. Its sweet, mildly …

Hidden hunger?

There is a rush to cash in on micronutrient deficiency in India through fortification of food

Test tube brinjal

Indian regulators are keen to clear Bt brinjal for commercial cultivation. This would be India’s first genetically modified food crop. If …

Seeking Food Sovereignty

Foreign food invasion

A growing taste for foods from across the globe is adding hugely to India’s import bill for groceries and raising health concerns

Chicken comes home to roost

Moily bats for GM trials

After he revives regulatory body for GM crops, industry demands removal of state clearances

Control your food. It is your business

How do you like your food, sir?

When business rules our kitchens

The GM snare

Chinese honey route

Thriving honey laundering traced to Asian giant

Don’t make a mash of it

Test tube brinjal

US food authorities pander to drug companies

Natural and pure?

There is no way one can tell

Sikkim bans gutkha

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

Sell stevia, face legal action

Food Standards Authority says natural sweetener not a food item  

Delhi government decides to ban gutkha

Notification to be issued shortly

No labelling for GM food

New food safety regulation ignores it despite a four-year-old law