Meat ban: When politics invades your dinner table
Mutton traders of Mumbai have challenged the four-day ban that started on Thursday
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Centre to roll back controversial ban on trade of cattle for slaughter
The government’s May 23 notification on changes made to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Market) Rules, 2017, …
Rwanda to phase out live animal export; boost trade in processed meat
In 2015, the total value of meat exports stood at US$9.3 million as against $7.7 million in 2014
Processed meat carcinogenic to humans, says WHO agency’s study
IARC says red meat also has nutritional value, and hopes that the findings will help countries conduct assessments to provide the best possible …
Over the next decade, demand for cereals to grow only in low-income regions
Per capita meat consumption will grow most strongly in the developed world
Clampdown on right to food
The recent crackdown on slaughterhouses in Uttar Pradesh seems to be restricting citizens from consuming foods of their choice
A sharp bite: Dog meat ban evokes some sharp reactions in Nagaland
On July 3, Nagaland Chief Secretary Temjen Toy tweeted that the state government has decided to ban import and trading of dogs and the sale of …
World’s 1 billion people are hungry and 2 billion eat too much wrong food
A study conducted in 16 countries says world’s eating habits will not leave enough food to feed all and it is detrimental to the climate too
Is your footprint green enough?
There is an urgent need for people to focus on sustainable use of resources so that they are available in the long-term, for future generations
Poultry advertisement misquotes CSE study, rules ASCI
The All India Poultry Development and Services Private Limited has been asked to withdraw or modify the ad by May 23
Awa phadigom, a hidden enhancer
Manipur’s wild coriander acts as a flavouring agent in meat and vegetable dishes, besides being used as a medicine
Cattle can no longer be traded for the purposes of slaughter: Centre
Sale of cattle for slaughter at animal markets banned; now cattle can only be sold for ‘agricultural purposes’
COVID-19: How safe are Indian wet markets?
India is a huge market for meats. Apart from usual poultry, bovine and fish, a few protected species are also illegally traded for food in wet markets
Superbugs can infect you through plants too: study
Scientists fed infected lettuce to mice and found that superbugs could stay inside them without being detected
Scientists make meat with animal cells
This meat will be is nutritionally equivalent to conventional animal meat
10,000 sheep, goat stranded at Gujarat port after govt cancels export
This last-minute decision came after the Jain community protested against livestock export to the Middle-East
Trouble with vegetarian fascists
Their arguments have no meat
India has a failed salvation policy on the not-so-holy buffalo
India’s only scheme to leverage the expanding buffalo meat exports has been in doldrums. To make it work, the government must first get rid …
Remembering Shelley the vegan poet
The poet, who championed the cause of free love and atheism in somewhat conventional times, can be looked upon as a role model for today’s …
Bihar meat-sellers rue drop in Holi sales amid coronavirus rumours
The animal husbandry ministry has been trying to dispel rumours connecting meat-eating and virus outbreak
Meat industry worst among food-based industries in terms of water management
New report says meat firms pollute groundwater and overuse water to farm their products
Increased consumption of ultra-processed food linked to rising cases of cancer
10 per cent increase in proportion of ultra-processed food in diets could lead to a 12 per cent increase in overall cancer risk
America’s cattle industry could obliterate its mustangs
The US Senate recently approved $35 million for the ‘Path Forward’ initiative that critics say will wipe out America’s famed …
Increasing meat consumption has put intense pressure on land: UNCCD
If it is reduced, there would be a significant impact on human health and climate change mitigation
