New Delhi: Eminent scientist M S Swaminathan has conveyed his inability to chair a panel on checking pesticide residues in the capital.

Madhya Pradesh tonight became the first state in the country to impose a ban on the sale of gutkha containing tobacco and nicotine products.

Forget the sales pitch on the box and read the fine print. Is the promised 'low-fat' low enough, the 'multigrain' whole or refined?

Diet experts have said Indians are consuming junk foods more often than in the past, and have warned that this poses a major risk to their health.

CSE study says fast-food firms misleading consumers, demands stricter labelling firms named deny charges

Fast-food meals and snacks in India contain dangerous levels of trans-fats and salt, an analysis from the combative Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has found. A single packet of potato chips can meet half the daily requirement of fats in a person; a packet of instant noodles has half the salt a human body can absorb in a day.

The Government on Tuesday said that 68.4 per cent samples of milk tested last year were found to be non-conforming to the food safety regulations.

New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Tuesday suggested the government to rope in eminent scientist M S Swaminathan as an “outside” expert for a panel set up to check pesticide residues in vegetables

The Central and Delhi governments on Tuesday informed the Delhi High Court that they have formed an expert committee to periodically examine the fruits and vegetables available in the open market,

Clarifying that gutka is a food product, the health ministry will soon issue instructions to the states against allowing use of tobacco-laced gutka or pan masala.

“It has now been established beyond doubt that gutka is a food product and falls under the Prevention of Food Adultration Law. The Supreme Court ruled in a recent order that gutka be treated as a food item. That being the case, its adulteration is violative of laws. Tobacco, which is an injurious substance, cannot be used in gutka,” Keshav Desiraju, additional secretary, health, said.