Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
Beijing: After the recent scare over toxic oil made from vegetable waste, over 9600kg of vegetables with excessive pesticide content have been seized in Nanning, capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Regulators are also investigating whether restaurants throughout China are creating food hazards by cooking with recycled oil, some tainted …
People may never look at brinjal in the same way again. In the last few months, this innocuous vegetable has garnered much public attention and so did the research and development happening in the field of agriculture. R&D; in agriculture which usually misses to impress the media or the people …
These rules may be called the Food Safety and Standards Rules, 2010. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official Gazette.
MICHAEL SPECTER SCIENCE AUTHOR Michael We tend to think that the arts provoke controversy. In truth, science causes more controversy these days. Back in the 1960s and '70s, the World Bank, in its infinite wisdom, came up with a bold scheme of constructing high-rise flats on the outskirts of Jakarta …
Madurai: The Sattur Chamber of Commerce and Industries has sought the rectification of defects in The Food Safety and Standard Act 2006. In a letter addressed to Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, the Chamber Secretary, Mr P.T.K.A. Balsubramanian said the Act is stringent and the small traders would be affected …
Gilles-Eric Seralini, one of the first scientists to warn the world about the dangers of genetically modified food, counters pro-GM scientists in an interview with Savvy Soumya Misra. Some scientists are planning to write to the Indian government, saying you never carried out any independent study and had no access …
If the nationwide furore over Bt brinjal was driven by the fear of unsafe food being pushed down the throat, the proposed Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (brai) bill goes a step further to silence all opposition. The bill will bring about changes in regulating the research, transport, import, manufacture …
While GM crops continue to hit headlines over safety and impact on biodiversity, genetically fine-tuned tomatoes enter the news with a difference. Natural ripening and softening of fruits and vegetables lead to losses in harvest. For India, the second largest producer of fruits and vegetables, the loss is considerable. A …
If the nationwide furore over Bt brinjal was driven by the fear of unsafe food being pushed down the throat, the proposed Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (brai) bill goes a step further to silence all opposition. The bill will bring about changes in regulating the research, transport, import, manufacture …
Some scientists are planning to write to the Indian government, saying you never carried out any independent study and had no access to Bt gene of maize or brinjal. What do you have to say? I was a referee to review the raw data of Mahyco (promoter of Bt brinjal) …
Seema Sindhu / New Delhi March 12, 2010, 1:13 IST To ensure quality food and safety standards in the food sector besides introducing a better surveillance mechanism, the government plans to tie up with agricultural universities, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and other institutions that have food-testing laboratories. The …
Europe's food safety watchdog on 25 February issued a scientific mass-verdict on more than 400 so-called health claims, the promises that food producers make on their labels and in advertisements, rejecting purported health benefits of a raft of substances. The decisions are the latest installment in a gargantuan and controversial …
This document provides an up-to-date summary of the state of the knowledge regarding the arsenic problem in Bangladesh from health, water supply and agricultural perspectives. It analyses the principal challenges to arsenic mitigation, identifies emerging threats and proposes a set of key actions to accelerate & consolidate progress. The publication …
As I write this page, the Union minister for environment and forests is deliberating whether Bt brinjal can be grown and eaten in India. So, at the outset, let me make my own bias clear. I am not an anti-GM person; I have no ideological problems with the use of …
Mahim Pratap Singh BHOPAL: After protests over the past few months against commercial introduction of Bt brinjal in the country, activists fighting against genetically modified food in Madhya Pradesh are now calling the proposed Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill an effort to stifle anti-GM voices. The Bill, likely …
The past fortnight was a busy one for those tracking Bt brinjal. Union minister of state for environment, Jairam Ramesh, held public consultations in three cities to garner support for Bt brinjal even as Union agriculture minister asserted the approval by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (geac) for commercial cultivation …
Continuing population and consumption growth will mean that the global demand for food will increase for at least another 40 years. Growing competition for land, water, and energy, in addition to the overexploitation of fisheries, will affect our ability to produce food, as will the urgent requirement to reduce the …
Bt Brinjal, the first genetically modified food crop, has generated much debate in India. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) received strong views both in favour of and against the commercialization of Bt Brinjal in India from various stakeholders. In response, the Ministry decided to hold nationwide public consultations …
