Africa aims to end hunger by 2025; FAO for curbing food imports

UN's food agency emphasises on need to improve local and traditional nutritious food, calls for private investments to increase the food security …

Expert committee to look into junk food in schools

Delhi High Court approves proposal following dissension over guidelines proposed by food safety authority

Public–private partnerships can help achieve sustainable agricultural development goals

Public–private partnerships in agriculture have the potential to modernise the sector and provide numerous benefits to smallholder farmers

FSSAI notifies draft regulations to limit trans fats to 5 per cent by 2016

Though delayed by couple of years, the food regulatory body in India, has taken a step in the right direction, say experts

Today's menu: dioxins

Belgium authorities found carcinogenic dioxins in food products. And they brushed the matter under the carpet. Now, Europe is facing an …

Enforce gutkha ban in Delhi: high court

Forum of doctors had sought ban; cited increasing incidence of oral and lung cancers

The Monsanto way

How the US multinational won state governments and influenced policy

PDS protests in West Bengal

News 360-Brief

Counting grains

From where our food will come

Is UN giving in to industry?

UN adopts resolution to fight chronic lifestyle diseases, without targets or commitments

The unholy accrual

Pesticides pollution threatens the aquatic life of the Ganges, especially the Gangetic dolphins

Questions over EU plan to label organic food 'GM free'

Towards food security: perspectives from three continents

The Food Insecurity Report 2014, released by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) last week, has revealed that one …

Great Man's distortion

How we came to fear saturated fat

When McDonald’s ate crow

The UK’s longest case was a PR disaster for the fast food giant

Unhealthy foods should be eliminated from schools, says WHO report

World Health Assembly accepts recommendations of the commission on ending childhood obesity

No antibiotics to be allowed in honey

Food safety authority approves scientific panel's recommendations for regulating honey quality

Hidden industry hand

Attempts are on to derail UN initiative to declare noncommunicable diseases a global priority

Grain glut

India faces a surplus of foodgrains. Is exporting a good option?

USFDA proposes ban on trans fats in processed foods

The limit set by India is much higher than that set by many other countries

People demand food security at protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar

Inflation making food out of reach for many, say demonstrators

FAO in partnership with wholesale union to reduce food waste

World is losing 1.3 billion tonnes of food worth $1 trillion every year

Arsenic eyes rice nutrients

The heavy metal can disrupt amino acid synthesis in the grain