Flamingo feast lands UP babus in a soup
Their liking for meat of protected bird Rajhans (Flamingo) has landed two senior Uttar Pradesh food inspector and their friend in serious trouble. Arrest warrants have been issued against them. As
Their liking for meat of protected bird Rajhans (Flamingo) has landed two senior Uttar Pradesh food inspector and their friend in serious trouble. Arrest warrants have been issued against them. As
The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) said that 12,000 tonnes of GM-free maize had begun arriving in Zambia and the agency was seeking another 16,000 tonnes from within southern Africa. Zambia, one of
The popular belief that eating raw sprouts can be beneficial to health has been dismissed by health experts, who warn that eating raw or even lightly cooked sprouts can cause serious food poisoning.
China's Agriculture Ministry is expected to extend for nine months its temporary measure on genetically modified food imports due to expire on December 20, trade sources said. Chinese and U.S. soy
British consumers ate millions of burgers, as well as school and hospital meals, containing meat potentially infected with mad cow disease over about 15 years up to 1995, the food standards agency
World's leading pharma journal "scrip", in its recent issue has carried an article saying staff at the Food and Drug Administration's office of Drug Safety has recently recommended to the USA to
Food production is expected to drop by 20 per cent furring kharif season due to the drought this year, described as the worst this century. " This year the rainfall in July was short by 30 per cent.
It's no more an apple but an ounce of wheatgrass a day can keep the doctor away, for no other food has the right combination of vitamins, amino acids, minerals and fibers. Wheatgrass is an excellent
The EU decision to end the ban on GM food this week after four long years is likely to renew the debate over labelling and strict monitoring here. Import of unlabelled GM soyabean oil, which
Progress in reducing world hunger has slowed to almost a complete halt, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation said. Some 840m people worldwide are undernourished and this figure is declining by
Roche, the Swiss drugs group, has signalled that it expects Pegasys, its new hepatitis drug, to quickly emerge as the leader in the all-important US market following its rapid approval by the US Food
At a trade show here recently, it was apparent how the $10 billion organic foods industry has come of age in barely a decade. Many of the now-dominant companies struggled to gain acceptance among
Fast-food giant McDonald's Holdings Co - (Japan) is reviewing the ways it builds stores and cooks hamburgers in a bid to cut costs and further its environmental protection menu. The new approach aims
Children's health advocates vowed to redouble efforts to push a drug-testing bill through the U.S. Congress in light of a significant setback in court. A federal judge found that the Food and Drug
"We don't want to leave our villages, but if there is nothing to eat here, how can we stay?" This simple question, raised by Maha Dei of Bijapara at a public hearing on the right to food, aptly
Organic pollutants in the ocean are a threat because they enter the food chain through marine organisms and cause disorders when consumed by human beings, said French Environmental Scientist Alian
Food security for all can hardly be guaranteed by the proverbial 'Gola Bhora Machh' at the state level. If it were that simple, the grain mountains and milk fountains of Europe and the United States
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has urged both health and education departments of her government to design posters which would tell children, teachers and parents to avoid junk food and aerated
The food ministry proposes to extend the facility of getting wheat and rice at subsidised rates of Rs 2 and Rs 3 per kg, respectively, to an additional 10 million poverty-stricken families. This will
Famine has crippled life in the hill districts of Achham, Bajura, Humla, Kalikot and Mugu in the far-western region, after the Nepal government imposed restrictions on the ferrying of food stuff,