Agriculture

 Rising popularity of artificial vanilla puts Kerala farmers in distress

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Publication Date: 
14/08/2007
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Agriculture, Food Policy, Food Standards, Food Adulteration, Food Process Industry, Health Effects, Waste Conversion, Farmers, Food Safety, Cooperatives, India, Kerala
Climate Change

Energy use in organic food systems

Agriculture and food systems play an important role in fossil fuel consumption and climate change because of their significant energy use and because of agriculture

Publication Date: 
01/08/2007
Jodi Ziesemer
FAO
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Agriculture, Organic Farming, Agricultural Inputs, Food Standards, Organic Foods, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Climate Mitigation, Energy Efficiency, Carbon Sequestration, Energy, Uganda, Croatia, United Kingdom (UK), Cuba
India

 Adulterated milk floods Maharashtra

contaminated milk continues to be sold in Maharashtra despite crack-down measures taken by authorities. The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (fda), had, in a study, found that 20 per

Publication Date: 
30/07/2007
Nidhi Jamwal, Rajil Menon
Down to Earth
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Milk, Food Standards, Food Adulteration, Food Preservation, Heavy Metals, Pesticide Residues, Legislation, India, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Statistics
Climate Change

 US tightens quality control on Chinese fish

On June 28, 2007, the us announced a broader import control on farm-raised fish imported from China. The us Food and Drug Administration (fda) will now check if shipments are free of residues of

Publication Date: 
30/07/2007
Down to Earth
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Food Standards, Aquaculture, Trade, Imports, China, United States Of America (US)
India

 Street food vendors threatened after court ruling

Everyday as the evening settles, a 2-km stretch in Govindpuri comes alive. Food vendors line streets of this resettlement colony in the outskirts of posh South Delhi, trying to attract workers

Publication Date: 
29/06/2007
Vibha Varshney
Down to Earth
Tags:
Food Standards, Fast Foods, Health Effects, Nagarpalikas, Unemployment, Life Science, Supreme Court, India, Delhi, West Bengal, Calcutta (D)
Climate Change

 In absence of domestic markets, organics of the poor head North

Organic agriculture is practised in more than 120 countries. Over 31 million hectares in 633,891 farms are certified organic Oceania has about 40 per cent of the world's organic land. Europe

Publication Date: 
30/05/2007
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Organic Farming, Food Standards, Organic Foods, UN, FAO, Developing Countries, Statistics
Pesticides And Toxins

Extraneous residue limit in honey (paradichlorobenzene): initial assessment report

Standard 1.4.2.

Publication Date: 
23/05/2007
Food Standards Australia New Zealand
Tags:
Pesticides, Honey, Food Standards, Health Care, Pesticides And Toxins, Maximum Residue Level (MRL), Extraneous Residue Limit, Pesticide Residues, Australia, New Zealand
Health

Nutritional intake in India 2004-2005

This report presents the information on nutritional intake by the Indian population. Among the different nutrients only three nutrients: viz. calorie, protein and fat - are discussed in this report. This report gives an idea about intake of these nutrients in different monthly per capita expenditure classes from different items of food.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2007
National Sample Survey Organisation
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Food Supply, Nutrition, Food Standards, India
Food Policy

FICCI study on implementation of food safety and standards act: an industry perspective

Industry anxiously awaits implementation of Food Safety and Standards Act. Various features of the Act raise the hopes of the industry that inspector-raj will come to an end leading to speedy and fair resolution of cases and disputes. All FSSA activities under progress must be shared with the industries in view of the fact that they are expected to implement the Act.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2007
FICCI
Tags:
Food Standards, Food Process Industry, Pesticides And Toxins, Food Safety, Legislation, India
Industry

 EU bans seafood from Pakistan

the European Union (eu) banned 11 Pakistani export firms from exporting seafood to eu countries in February citing unhealthy and unhygienic conditions at Karachi port in Sindh province. This is the

Publication Date: 
14/04/2007
Shahid Husain
Down to Earth
Tags:
Food Standards, Sind, Ports, Marine Fisheries, Trade, Exports, Pakistan, European Union (EU)

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