Food insecurity has been increasing dramatically. In 2022, 258 million people in 58 countries faced acute food insecurity, an increase of 34 per cent from the previous year. Trade can be an important enabler
Scaria Meledam KOCHI: The food recall procedures, introduced for the first time in India by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India to remove unsafe food from the market and thus prevent injury to consumers, can be initiated voluntarily by the manufacturers/distributors concerned or by the Food Authority or the Local Competent Authority (LCA).
This paper examines the impact of food safety standards on processed food exports in developing countries. An intercountry cross-sectional econometric analysis of processed food exports in developing countries was undertaken. The Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standard (SPS) is incorporated into the model
From pricing to quality, troubles for the food and beverage industry. Seema Sindhu / New Delhi March 30, 2009, 0:48 IST The launch of
Dilip Kumar Jha / Mumbai March 26, 2009, 0:19 IST Terming blending of crude palm oil with other oils as an "unfair trade practice", leading edible oil manufacturers, packers and traders in the country have demanded that the government broaden the scope of an existing law to ban sale of loose oil.
Ahmedabad: If your kid throws a tantrum for fancy wrapped, tempting Chinese chocolates and candy bars available at your friendly neighbourhood provision store, put your foot down.
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March 12: The International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) has come up with a aflatoxin detection kit which can find poisonous substances in food samples. The kit costs Rs 2,600 ($50).
Consumer groups fret over impact of genetically modified crop Ananth Krishnan MUMBAI: Consumer groups are concerned about exposing Indian consumers to genetically modified Bt brinjal, even as the government is considering grant of approval to Mahyco to commercially launch the GM food this year.
Chinese lawmakers passed new food-safety legislation meant to tighten supervision of manufacturers and impose tougher penalties on those who make bad products as the government seeks to restore public confidence after a spate of problems with tainted food.
Draft of the food recall procedures proposed by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India. Provides guidelines for stopping distribution and sale of hazardous food product and removing the potentially unsafe food product from the marketplace.
