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
This is the second quarterly report for 2008. This quarter
Pesticides are widely used in many areas of modern agriculture as they are considered economically important for high yield production. In today
Identifying and quantifying pesticides in fruits and vegetables is important for public health and safety reasons. As sample loads increase, analysts look for ways to enhance the speed of sample preparation and analysis while maintaining high data quality. The United States Department of Agriculture has
The study conducted by AFIC on how consumers in India perceive the use of biotechnology to produce foods. It reveals that the most common food safety concern are pesticide residues, food poisoning, and food from unknown source.
The ICMR guidelines to establish the safety assessment procedures for foods derived from GE plants taking into consideration the international Guideline for the Conduct of Food Safety Assessment of Foods Derived from Recombinant- DNA Plants (CAC 2003b).
This report contains monographs prepared at the sixty-eighth meeting of the Joint FAOM0 Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), which met in Geneva, Switzerland, from 19 to 28 June 2007.
The Ministry of Food Processing Industries, GOI, has declared 2008-09 as Food safety and Quality Year. Food safety implies absence or safe levels of various of kinds of contaminants. Sources of food contamination include harmful chemicals, heavy metals, pesticides, preservatives, colouring agents, additives, adulterants etc.
Beijing: The Chinese government announced a wide range of food safety measures on Thursday aimed at reining in abuses in the dairy industry. The State Council issued several new rules it says will govern all aspects of the dairy industry.
The government on Thursday signed two loan agreements with the International Development Association of the World Bank for $480 million for installing a 300MW power plant and for food-related spending.
The standing committee of the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) today decided to make the state capital a safe food town. Under the plan, the different food stalls, spread across the state capital, without caring for cleanliness and quality of food they offer, would be shifted to suitable locations.
