Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Opponents of Monsanto's new genetically modified sweet corn are petitioning national food retailers and processors to ban the biotech corn, which is not labeled as being genetically altered from conventional corn. A coalition of health, food safety and environmental organizations said they have collected more than 264,000 petition signatures from …
Enzyme Assisted Aqueous Extraction (EAAE) sounds a mouthful. But this emerging food processing technology, one among many, may help Madhya Pradesh help address a nagging paradox — the state’s a leader in the production of protein-rich soybean but also has the highest rate of malnutrition in the country. Despite the …
A nationwide listeria outbreak that has killed 25 people who ate tainted cantaloupe was probably caused by unsanitary conditions in the packing shed of the Colorado farm where the melons were grown, federal officials said Wednesday. Herbert H. Stevens Jr., 84, shown in recovery with his daughter, Jeni Exley, fell …
THE UN General Assembly has adopted a watered-down political declaration to reduce the burden of chronic lifestyle diseases. The event signals the beginning of a larger fight between industry and health policy makers. The resolution was passed at a summit ahead of the General Assembly in New York on September …
Bhopal : Agriculture and Food Processing Production and Export Development Authority (APEDA) has given accreditation to Madhya Pradesh State Organic Certification Agency. The agency has been recognised as certified agency under National Organic Production Programme. This recognition was accorded at the meeting of National Accreditation Body for Organic Products on …
Global leaders are preparing to meet in New York on September 19 and 20 to chart the way forward to tackle noncommunicable diseases, the number one killer in the world. On the stealth, the pharma and food industries and some rich countries are also at work to weaken the initiative. …
Nestle Lanka Company, was awarded Silver by Environment Minister, Anura P Yapa at the National Green Awards 2011 held recently. A first time applicant for the awards this year, the company was the only Food and Beverage manufacturer in Sri Lanka to be honoured at the country's main environmental awards …
There has been a rapid transformation of food supply chains in India over the past two decades. Modern retail sales are growing at 49 percent per year and quickly penetrating urban food markets and even rural markets. The food-processing sector is growing quickly while also concentrating and undergoing a rapid …
The Jharkhand industrial policy (draft) 2011 has been formulated with the basic objective of optimally utilizing the available resources in planned and systematic manner for the industrialization of the state. It is aimed at enhancing value addition of the natural and human resources in an efficient manner to generate additional …
The Central Environmental Authority (CEA), which issues the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report on any development project in the country, is unaware that more than 60,000 acres of virgin forest land have been cleared by a US based multi- national company for banana cultivation in SriLanka. A group of environmental …
The supporters of liberalisation often argue that if the modern food retail sector is allowed a full round of liberalisation, it may have various positive outcomes, including a reduction in prices. This article raises a counter question, what if the markets, as it happens in several instances, fail to deliver …
Land acquisition is again in the news in Mundaragi taluk. But this time, it will be to set up agriculture-based industries. The backward taluk hit the headlines a month ago when the government had initiated the land acquisition process to set up steel industries. But the move was abandoned following …
National Institute of Nutrition wants high sodium content in ready-to-eat foods reduced Hyderabad: In a major initiative to ensure that people consume less salt, the Central government has asked the manufacturers of packaged foods to gradually reduce the salt content in their products. The changing lifestyles of people, both in …
The Ministry of Food Processing Industries have stated that they are concerned with formulation and implementation of the policies and plans for the food processing industry sector within the overall national priorities and objectives. They act as a catalyst for bringing in great investment into this sector, guiding and helping …
This refers to the editorial “When business rules our kitchens” (June 16-30, 2011). Do we want to sensationalise the issue of poor food safety regulations and use big companies as a whipping boy or work on the solutions? How are we going to deal with the fundamental issue of feeding …
The federal government has spent years considering whether to take steps to help keep dangerous strains of E. coli bacteria out of the food supply, a question that has become even more urgent in the face of a deadly wave of E. coli sickness that swept through Europe and raised …
Nestle on Wednesday ramped up its distribution of disease-resistant cocoa trees to farmers in Ivory Coast, part of a plan to boost productivity per hectare and improve the notoriously poor quality of the top grower's cocoa beans. The world's biggest food maker, which has distributed some 140,000 saplings since 2009, …
Once again there is a food safety scare. A deadly strain of E coli bacterium has hit Germany, where it has taken the lives of 25 people and affected another 2,300 till date. German food inspectors on the trail of the source of contamination have as yet made two errors—blaming …
BHUBANESWAR: Despite the raging issues of land acquisition and local resistance, industrialisation has gone off in a big way in the State. About 45.9 per cent of the total outstanding investments had actually gone on ground while 51 per cent of the live investment projects were past the announcement stage, …
Instead of looking at the business of food, growing healthy food may be the target Once again there is a food safety scare. A deadly strain of E coli bacterium has hit Germany, where it has so far taken the lives of 25 people and affected another 2,300. German food …
