Poverty, beyond calories

New method finds India is 9 per cent poorer

Problem of plenty

Doaba farmers have more potatoes than they can sell or store

Red alert on Indian spices

Spice Board challenges US food department’s claims over salmonella contamination

Honey trade just got stickier

US industry shows distrust in India, sets its own certificate to ensure source of honey

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Rs 67 crore later

...In Kanpur's Jajmau area, chromium enters food chain. How spent is the Ganga Action Plan?

Delhi government decides to ban gutkha

Notification to be issued shortly

Baby food contaminated with endocrine disruptor bisphenol A

China rubbishes contamination allegations

Madras High Court stays implementation of some provisions of Food Safety Act

Traders have been protesting the Act saying it is impractical and harsh

US reaction to cola controversy exaggerrated India Inc

Britain gets special police force to check food crimes

All recommendations of food expert likely to be accepted by government

Deadly compound

Now, even babies are being exposed to the cancer-causing dioxin

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Bad food

Climate crisis threatens truffle production but could put UK species back on the menu

Summer drought & heat can be detrimental to truffle harvests

War in Ukraine derailed global economic growth, climate action: WESP report

Higher use of fossil fuels and increased prices of food, nickel major factors

As told to Parliament (March 30, 2022): India’s coal demand to increase 63% by 2023

All that was discussed in the House through the day

FSSAI tells food industry to get more responsible

Industry members say government food safety body ignoring ground reality

Hunger and poverty trigger most of the conflicts, says FAO official

Ongoing conflicts is Africa and West Asia could be seen as closest examples

No land to farm

With urbanisation of rural areas, space for food production in India is decreasing

Oil alert

Tender ones at risk

Children face increasing threat from garden pesticides

Posterity at peril

Confessions of a fast food junkie

Book>> Stuffed and Starved by Raj Patel Harper Collins Delhi 2008