The Greenpeace India guide to GM-free food that gives consumers an insight into the positions of food brands, on the use of genetically modified ingredients. Has categorized 17 food companies in India into 'red list' & 'green list' based on their policy on the use of GM ingredients.
Food adulteration, which is the act of intentionally debasing the quality of food offered for sale either by the admixture or substitution of inferior substances or by the removal of some valuable ingredient, is something that has been rampant in our country. This is so despite the existence of stringent laws against the malpractice.
Deficient rain this monsoon has affected milk production, particularly in the northern states of the country, driving up procurement cost of companies such as Mother Dairy and Amul by 10-15 per cent. Consequently, prices of dairy products such as ghee and skimmed milk powder (SMP) have also firmed up.
NEW DELHI: Delhi Assembly Speaker Yoganand Shastri on Wednesday directed the State Government to take the issue of adulteration of food items more seriously and conduct more raids.
NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday extended the ban on import of dairy products from China, banned import of mobile phones that lack unique International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number from China and also banned import of toys that do not adhere to international safety standards for all the countries.
Sri Lanka can save USD 400 million annually in foreign exchange by becoming self-sufficient in fish while providing employment to thousands of people, Chairman Maubima Lanka Foundation Ariyseela Wickramanayake told Daily News Business.
Food Outlook provides information on latest developments in agricultural markets and sets the global and regional commodity production, utilization, trade and price context for food security.
With 99 per cent of the population consuming meat, milk and eggs. Nagaland imports around 19,000 tonne of meat, 5,000 tonne of powder milk and 275 lakh eggs annually.
Committee yet to issue guidelines for monitoring probiotics PEOPLE who buy probiotic drinks, ice creams and curds in India cannot really be certain of their health benefits. There is no monitoring mechanism for checking the genuineness of these products or verifying the claims on their labels. A committee set up under the Indian Council of Medical Research (icmr) to resolve this problem
