The perfect brew

Fermented delicacies

Pests behind Codex standards

Swearing by them is nothing more than laziness and deception of regulators

Loopholes in food safety legislation

New food safety legislation does not fit the health bill

Aye, says India to GM food

Draft rules for GM food are nothing short of treachery by the Union government

The verdict is out

Consumer rights receive a fizzy fillip

Jaggery made using time-tested method is more wholesome

For India, with fizz

JPC report sets serious reform agenda on food safety, water security and public health

Street food vendors threatened after court ruling

Cola controversy lesson for media management

Growing organic tea in northeast India is a difficult task

Food safety mess

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

Crisis brewing

Collapse of the former Soviet market and an indifferent attitude to quality clips Nilgiris tea industry

Cola gets an artist going

A mastadon rages on

Seeking Food Sovereignty

With a pinch of salt

Fast food can be made less salty, finds research. But companies refuse to do so

Cap energy drinks

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

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 …

Pro-industry food safety and standards bill does not address safety concerns

"We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine-gun." -- George Orwell in his 1937 novel The Road …

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 …

Who has framed the Food Safety and Standards Bill, the government or the industry?

Chicken comes home to roost

Drugged by chicken

Antibiotics in meat make disease-causing bacteria resistant to cures

The Satyam in our oil

The China affair what it means to us