Samples of milk, mineral water to be lifted
Apart from milk, mustard oil and other eatables, the Delhi government has decided to lift samplesof break watermelon, mineral water, ice cream and cold drinks during next month. A directive to this
Apart from milk, mustard oil and other eatables, the Delhi government has decided to lift samplesof break watermelon, mineral water, ice cream and cold drinks during next month. A directive to this
India's wheat, rice, pulses and mustard crops have not been affected by the current heatwave, a senior agriculture ministry official said today. "There is no reason to fear as far as the current
A new oil expeller to extract pungent oil from mustard seeds has been developed by Ludhiana-based scientists who say the oil produced has a quality comparable to that extrracted using traditional
Do you want a basic home test for mustard oil? If yes, then the Industrial Toxicology Research Centre at Lucknow has prepared a home kit, now being sold in the market for Rs 15. The kit comprises a
Argemone has been detected in another samples of mustard oil lifted by the Prevention of Food Adulteration Department. The Delhi Health Minister, Dr A K Walia, today cautioned people against
Delhi Health Minister A K Walia has ordered withdrawal from the market with immediate effect some batches of mustard oil of Kanodia and Puri oil mill brands, after two samples were found adulterated
The Centre has directed the Delhi govenemnt to take steps to prevent the dumping of adulterated mustard oil, which caused the dropsy epidemic killing more than 60 people, into the Yamuna river and
The Delhi Government has lifted the ban on sale of all unpacked edible oils except mustard oil. The exemption, valid for six months, has been made to enable packaging units to create capacity to
After unseasonal rains put humble onions out of reach of the poor,a new insect immune to available pesticides - Gilhard - is threatening mustard, gram and wheat crop in large parts of Rajasthan. Just
Housewives can now find out for themselves whether adulterated mustard oil is being sold to them, thanks to a simple new kit developed by the Industrial Toxicology Research Centre at Lucknow.
A report on the recent mustard oil crisis prepared by the noted environmentalist, Dr. Vandana Shiva, was released today. The report "The future of India's Edible Oil Culture" was released by the
Scientists : Dissension over the cause for symptoms of dropsy in consumers of mustard oil in Delhi has started surfacing, with a senior scientist in Calcutta stating last weekend that argemone
The dropsy scare in India seems to have spread to fareway Canada with the country's health department warning consumers not to use mustard oil which may be contaminated. Though there are no reports
After spurious mustard oil, it is spurious dal that has arrived at various shops in the city. Ingenious manufacturers of pulses are now selling urad dal disguised as moong dal.What makes the
CAG report : Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party's Delhi Government cites lacunae in the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act for its failure to curb adulteration in food items and lately, mustard
While the spread of dropsy has been contained after it claimed 49 lives over six weeks, largely due to ban on sale and consumption of mustard oil, experts have adviced restraint for some more time,
The noted ecologist, Dr Vandana Shiva, today added one more dimesion to the talk of a "conspiracy" behind adulteration of mustard oil and expressed suspicions about the soyabean industry being the
With sale of mustard oil now banned in both Delhi and West Bengal, focus has shifted to an instrument developed at Lucknow, which could help housewives detect 'argemone'adulteration in the oil. The
Minister : Delhi Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has asked citizens to stop using mustard oil for the time being, to prevent use of dropsy cases due to consumption of adulterated oil. As a
Adulterated mustard oil, responsible for the dropsy epidemic which has already claimed one victim, has found its way into locally made pickle. At least 30 per cent of pickle picked up in random