No regulations for cosmetics, drugs in US

Rampant food adulteration in Mysore

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'

Monsanto wins against Indiana farmer

US Supreme Court says that planting and harvesting Monsanto’s patented seeds amounts to making additional copies of the company's patented …

Yummy but harmful

Indian markets are flooded with foods that contain colours beyond permissible limits

'Failing to support GM crops single most damaging element for growth'

The European Association for Bio-Industries (EuropaBio) says the decision by 16 EU nations to opt out of GMO crop cultivation has taken away the …

Gutkha ban: Supreme Court seeks compliance report from states

Ban remains on paper; activists demand nationwide enforcement

BIS finalises street food norms

Standard to ensure vendors follow hygienic practices and serve food safe for health

Green signal for Bt brinjal

Final nod from environment ministry in February 2010

Delhi High Court orders curb on junk food sale in schools across India

Judgement is a milestone development in addressing growing burden of obesity, diabetes and heart disease, says Sunita Narain of Centre for …

Letter

SC advises states to make milk adulteration a crime punishable with life imprisonment

Food Safety and Standards Act prescribes maximum six months in prison for the offence

E coli outbreak in EU

India alerts ports that receive fruits, vegetables from Europe

Green light given

Food standards save lives, say FAO and WHO on World Food Safety Day

An estimated 600 million or almost 1 in 10 people worldwide fall ill after eating contaminated food; 420,000 die every year

Public protests mount against Bt brinjal

Supreme Court seeks details on steps to protect indigenous varieties

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 

Sugar-stricken

Reducing the intake of sugar as per the World Health Organization's recommendation is a must to lower the risk of non-communicable diseases

A can of worms

Book>> Brands Under Fire edited by Ivan Arthur and Kurien Mathews Penguin Books Price Rs 499

Pollution-hit Tuticorin salt manufacturers worried by food safety act being implemented

Fly ash from thermal power plants in the area settles on the salt; affects quality

Chinese honey route

Thriving honey laundering traced to Asian giant

UN report identifies top ten food-borne parasites

Codex Committee may introduce new standards for global food trade in order to control the entry of these parasites into the food chain

BITTERSWEET

Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property

GM food debate hots up again

Gilles-Eric Seralini, one of the first scientists to warn the world about the dangers of genetically modified food, counters pro-GM scientists in …