Reply by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in compliance to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order dated January 21, 2024 in the matter of ‘News item titled “Feeling anxious? Toxic air could be to blame” appearing in Times of India dated 10.10.2023’. NGT had directed CPCB to file a …
Since 2011, the FSSAI’s online licensing platform FLRS (Food Licensing and Registration System) is the soul of the licensing ecosystem with 100% India (all State and UTs) coverage, 70 lakh licenses/ registrations issued till date, over 35 lakhs licensees/ registrants actively transacting on it. FSSAI is launching its cloud based, …
The next incarnation of powdered food replacement Soylent may come in the form of a single algae superorganism that provides all the nutrients a body needs, according to Soylent creator Rob Rhinehart. Such a system would require only sunlight, air and water and could be used to sustain astronauts on …
New Delhi Bhim can't understand what he's done wrong. Before dawn every day he joins hundreds of wholesale traders at Delhi's Azadpur Mandi, a sprawling, chaotic market where trucks blare Bollywood music, porters haul huge brown sacks of fruit and vegetables and hawkers ply tea and cigarettes. His own trade …
Ranchi, Dec. 14: Union minister for food processing Subodh Kant Sahay today said India should lay stress on food technology. Sahay was speaking at the inaugural session of the 51st International Symposium on Advances in Cross-Disciplinary Microbiology: Avenues and Challenges, which kicked off at BIT, Mesra, today. Governor M.O.H. Farook …
Over 225 exhibitors, including 63 from nine other countries, will be participating in the Agro Tech 2010, which begins tomorrow. Charu Mathur, regional director, CII northern region, said that nine concurrent shows would be on at Agro Tech 2010. These include
In a taste of things to come, food scientists say they have cooked up a way of using nanotechnology to make low-fat or fat-free foods just as appetizing and satisfying as their full-fat fellows. The implications could be significant in combating the spread of health problems such as obesity, diabetes …
Despite being a major food producer India is lagging far behind in food processing with a global share of just 1.3 per cent, according to JP Maurya, industrial adviser to the union ministry of food processing.
Stating it is important to link technology and farmers in order to bring poverty under control, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) Chairman Dr R S Paroda said simple post-harvest technologies should be put to use in order to help farmers utilise the opportunities available in the market. Addressing the audience …
non-stick gum: New easy-to-remove chewing gum is ready. Initial experiments show that the gum degrades naturally in water. The new gum adds a special polymer to modify its formulation, which alters the interfacial properties of the discarded gum cuds, making them less adhesive. The new gum is result of polymer …
buckling under the pressure of the industry, the Sri Lankan government has indefinitely postponed its plans to impose one of the world's stringent bans on genetically modified (gm) food. The ban was initially imposed in May 2001. But it was postponed a month later due to pressure from the World …
For the first time, genetically-modified grain has been grown commercially in South Africa and will be sold in the market mixed with other grains, a leading seed-seller said. "Up to 50,000 hectares of genetically-modified maize has been planted this season and will be sold in the commercial market,' he said. …
US food scientists have found a way to make biodegradable packaging material from a protein extracted from corn. Researchers at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, turned
Recently, six Thai elephants gave a big trunks-up to the first packaged food substituted for the rapidly disappearing plants they are used to eat, said a zoo official in Bangkok. "The elephants at Bangkok's Dusit zoo all ate with gusto when fed for several months with chewable tablets made of …
Marinating chicken before grilling can cut down the carcinogens in the meat, according to results presented at the American Chemical Society meeting in San Francisco. Researchers have known for long that grilling of meat converts harmless compounds in muscle, like sugars and amino acids, into heterocyclic amines which promote the …
European consumers may soon see the first commercial application of Conserver 21, a product which promises to add weeks to the shelf life of fruits, vegetables, flowers and meat. It works by converting ethyl- ene given off by decaying foodstuff into carbon dioxide and water vapour. This inhibits decay by …
DESIGNER food may drive people crazy, but not quite in the way biotechnology firms would want. A few weeks ago, an unidentified group destroyed a test field of genetically engineered maize in Holland. And, there is growing concern in the USA about the effects of genetically modified food on human …
Invites research papers for international conference in Convention Centre, J.N.U., New Delhi. All Selected papers will be published as chapters in edited book and few high-end papers will be published in international Journal having ISSN No.
Invites research papers for international conference in Convention Centre, J.N.U., New Delhi. All Selected papers will be published as chapters in edited book and few high-end papers will be published in international Journal having ISSN No.
OMICS Group International is a pioneer in publishing and organizing scientific events around the globe every year with the support of our editorial board members which is composed of various eminent personalities. The scientific sessions like Young Research Forum and Poster Competition at OMICS Scientific Conferences offers a platform to …
