Yummy but harmful

Indian markets are flooded with foods that contain colours beyond permissible limits

Gutkha ban: Supreme Court seeks compliance report from states

Ban remains on paper; activists demand nationwide enforcement

BIS finalises street food norms

Standard to ensure vendors follow hygienic practices and serve food safe for health

Green signal for Bt brinjal

Final nod from environment ministry in February 2010

Letter

SC advises states to make milk adulteration a crime punishable with life imprisonment

Food Safety and Standards Act prescribes maximum six months in prison for the offence

E coli outbreak in EU

India alerts ports that receive fruits, vegetables from Europe

Green light given

Public protests mount against Bt brinjal

Supreme Court seeks details on steps to protect indigenous varieties

Pollution-hit Tuticorin salt manufacturers worried by food safety act being implemented

Fly ash from thermal power plants in the area settles on the salt; affects quality

Chinese honey route

Thriving honey laundering traced to Asian giant

BITTERSWEET

Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property

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Scientifically invalid

Inter-Academy update on GM crops does little to redeem Indian science

Chicken comes home to roost

Don’t make a mash of it

Test tube brinjal

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France extends GM corn ban

Most cancer patients in India die without medical attention: study

'It is a myth that cancer is prevalent only in urban areas'

US food authorities pander to drug companies

Chayawanprash, an ayurvedic tonic has artificial sweetner

Bayer to phase out toxic pesticides

Environmentalists say withdrawal because of economic viability

Billed to confuse

A new bill leaves little scope for dissent on GMOs