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

Why global food prices are higher today than for most of modern history

The drivers of average international food prices are always complicated. The prices of different commodities rise and fall based on universal …

Food price inflation rate in rural India has doubled in a year

Food price rise has been fuelling overall inflation in India in recent months  

Global food crisis: 1 in 5 people in need of urgent action 

Over 72 million people are facing high levels of acute food insecurity because of extreme weather events

Good food for the climate-risked world

Nine of India’s top cuisiniers share their recipes with ingredients from local biodiversity in upcoming book

Growth of good food must be nurtured

The 2019 edition of First Food: Business of Taste brings you the knowledge of livelihoods that connect to First Food

How CSE tested GM ingredients in packaged foods

Rajarshi Banerjee, who heads CSE's laboratory, explains the method adopted to detect GM ingredients in packaged foods

Findings of the CSE study on GM ingredients in foods

Amit Khurana, Programme Director, Food Safety & Toxins, Centre for Science and Environment, talks about the findings of the study on GM …

Good food is First Food and we must nurture its economy

Diversity on your plate can protect diversity out there as well as boost livelihood

Meat industry has always opposed and influenced dietary guidelines in US

Marion Nestle, author of Food Politics, speaks on sustainable diet and interference of meat and sugar industry in food policy …

Reducing food waste vital for India's food security

It is estimated that saving one-fourth of the food currently lost or wasted globally would be enough to feed 870 million hungry people in the world

FSSAI’s draft labelling regulation has major gaps, weak on regulating GM food: CSE

The criteria for exemption from labelling of food containing GM ingredients need to be much stricter

Junk food monster: It's time for a red alert

Delays and dilutions have derailed regulations of packaged and fast foods. Is it time to press the panic button?

Simply Put: Food out of the box

FSSAI commits to stricter labelling norms, but without a timeline

Experts stress on proper warning, regulations on advertisements

Food traceability technology gives impetus to global agricultural trade

Concerns around safety of agricultural products, push for sustainability are driving market growth for technology

Bending backward for good food

We need to make the connection between what we eat and why we eat it. Because if we lose the knowledge and culture of our local cuisines then we …

UN Committee for World Food Security endorses voluntary guidelines to end hunger

The guidelines will contribute to realisation of global goals on  hunger and nutrition even as more than 3 billion people do not have access …

COVID-19: New UN alliance to stave off ‘catastrophic food crisis’

Proposed by Italy and led by Food and Agriculture Organization, the alliance aims to increase resilience of agricultural food systems, ensure …

The ABCDs of extreme profits by agri-corporations

UN Trade and Development Report reveals volatility in food commodities prices in last few years have coincided with global food traders …

Global food systems are not thinking about women. A UN report calls for action

Skewed power structures need to be altered for more inclusive decision-making processes, flagged United Nations ahead of Food Systems Summit in …

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

Simply Put: Junk food

You are buying your baby a bag full of misinformation

Why food is about biodiversity

If biodiversity disappears, food will become impersonal. It will become a sterile package designed for universal size and taste