International Tea Day gets a thumbs up from UN
Tea is the most consumed drink in the world, second only to water
Carcinogen Aflatoxin detected in FSSAI milk survey samples
The highest rates of aflatoxin contamination were found in Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Kerala
FSSAI plans to train food safety workers
Govt claims Food Safety Mitras will help reduce hassles for businesses
No evidence of COVID-19 transmission through food, say scientists
Packaging of food is not a source of contamination, according to experts
COVID-19: Centre to convert surplus rice stocks to ethanol for making hand sanitisers
Government’s move comes as thousands of migrant workers starve
कोरोनावायरस के कारण 32 करोड़ बच्चों को नहीं मिल रहा भोजन: डब्ल्यूएफपी
खाद्य सुरक्षा सुनिश्चित करने के लिए प्रधानमंत्री मोदी के नाम भेजा गया खुला पत्र
Junk food monster: When McDonald's had to go back on its ad
Fast food co invited consumers to replace home-cooked meals with its products
‘Online nutrition tracker to promptly plug service gaps’
Down To Earth talks to the project lead of Nutrition Surveillance System
Will insects become an integral part of our diet again?
Tribal communities in 10 Indian states consume 303 insect species
कोविड-19: पशुओं के पालन पर देना होगा खास ध्यान
मौजूदा हालातों के मद्देनजर पशु पालन की नई प्रणालियों व तकनीकों पर सोचने की जरूरत है
320 million children worldwide missing out on meals due to COVID-19: WFP
Open letter calls upon Prime Minister Modi to ensure food security for all
World Food Day: Plant-based diet can fix food inequality, cut premature deaths says report
Plant-based diets can cut down carbon emissions by 30%; wildlife loss by 46%
COVID-19: Around 45 mln pushed into global food insecurity, says FAO report
Around 33 million reside in South and South east Asia, remainder in sub-Saharan Africa
‘Our injunction won’t lead to the depletion of ground water’
Down To Earth speaks to KR Jaithran, chairman of the Kodungallur municipality, about its new injunction to plant two fruiting trees in the …
आहार संस्कृति: भारत के 10 राज्यों में चाव से खाए जाते हैं कीड़े, होते हैं पौष्टिक
भारत के दस राज्यों में कीड़े खाने का चलन है, जलवायु परिवर्तन के दौर में कीड़े मांस का बेहतर विकल्प हो सकते हैं
Sugar lobby refutes claims to potential health risks
Studies have linked heart diseases to sugar and metabolic diseases, which can increase risk of death
FSSAI plans mandatory colour coding for sugary and salty foods
The move is among a number of measures which are a part of FSSAI’s new draft regulation on labelling and display
You will soon be able to buy India’s first high oleic groundnut varieties
The commercialised of these varieties and it is set to benefit all stakeholders, including small famers, food industry as well as the …
Front of Packet Labelling to be delinked from general labelling regulation: FSSAI
On December 17, CSE had released the results of its study of 33 packaged and fast foods that were found to be high in salt, sugar and fat
Indian scientists find a cure for dreaded Panama Disease
They have manufactured a biopesticide using a fungus to prevent the disease in banana plants
'Cockroach milk is rich in proteins, fat and sugar'
Down To Earth speaks to Sanchari Banerjee, an author of a study on a unique species of cockroach's milk, which is the new superfood
Some good and bad news on antimicrobial resistance
While Indian researchers have found the presence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in a healthy human gut, British scientists have developed a …
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
Economic Survey 2019-20: Coverage of food processing sector needs scaling up
Recommendation is backed by fact that schemes floated to help sector have not been implemented properly
Avian botulism killed 18,000 birds at Sambhar: Govt report
The report by IVRI, Bareilly, states that climatic conditions were ultimately responsible for having triggered the mass die-off