Simply Put: Poisoned meals

Don't adjourn

Parliament owes a good discussion on the bill

Seedy business

A secretive, influential industry

JAPAN

NIGERIA

The germ peril

Fatal food

GABON

Hostel food kills 5

Contaminated water

What's killing tribals

Africa’s vultures dwindling, says study

Raptors diminishing across continent due to a number of reasons

Drug ban saves vultures

Painkiller given to animals was killing the birds

Technology to detect food poisoning pathogens

Fungal menace

The adverse effects of fungal toxins

Follow Up

Starving hens now an offence

Animal Welfare Board says practice a violation of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act

Red alert on Indian spices

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

E coli outbreak in EU

India alerts ports that receive fruits, vegetables from Europe

Science & Technology - Briefs

DANGER zone

If no action is taken soon, a major ecological disaster is waiting to strike Panipat

'Kernel the culprit'

Human rights panel report confirms that food poisoning, not starvation, caused deaths in Orissa's Kashipur district

Fruit flies develop specific defences against common bacteria; may explain human susceptibility to infections

Bacteria in their food and environment mould the immune systems of fruit flies, notes study

Skeletons in the closet

South Africa's racist regime was developing high-tech gizmos to eliminate unsuspecting black activists

Study sheds light on how salmonella bacteria infect plants

Researchers found that unlike other disease-causing bacteria, salmonella sneaks in through a tiny gap created when a lateral root …