New York: A popular energy drink, produced by a company founded by an Indian-American billionaire, has come under the scanner in the US after reports of 13 deaths possibly linked to the energy shots. However, Lucknow-born CEO of '5-Hour Energy', Manoj Bhargava dismissed the allegations against his firm as "false" and "ridiculous". The popular energy drink is being investigated by the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) after 13 deaths...
10:17 AM, Nov 16, 2012
New Delhi: India has 61 million diabetics between 20-79 years according to the International Diabetes Federation. By 2030, this figure is estimated to go up to 101.1 million. President of the International Diabetes Federation Professor Jean Claude Mbanya said, 'Major number of diabetics are in the middle and low income countries." In fact by 2030, according to the estimates, 8.4 per cent of India's adult population will have diabetes. But...
08:20 AM, Nov 14, 2012
New Delhi: India's annual consumer price inflation rose in October to 9.75 per cent, government data showed on Monday. India's retail inflation is the highest among the BRICS group of emerging economies - Brazil, Russia, China, and South Africa - and is way above what the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) calls its comfort level. Food prices for consumers stood at to 11.43 per cent in October from 11.6 per...
12:03 PM, Nov 12, 2012
New Delhi: While you spruce up your home and shop till you drop in these hectic days before Diwali, do spend some time on yourself too. Remember to drink water to keep your skin hydrated and stay away from heavy food for that flawless and glowing skin, say experts. Sachin Dhawan, director and consultant dermatologist of Skin n Smiles, emphasises on adequate water intake and controlled consumption of fried food....
12:16 PM, Nov 09, 2012
London: Nearly 50 per cent people cannot stick to a diet for more than a month, according to a new survey conducted in the UK. Around 28 per cent of young people embark on a new diet each month and 45 per cent of them give up their new eating habits after a week. That compares to 48.9 per cent of all dieters giving up after a month, The Mirror...
11:58 AM, Nov 05, 2012
New Delhi: Lady luck has smiled on senior Nationalist Congress Party leader Tariq Anwar who made his maiden entry into government as a Union Minister of State after nearly four decades in active politics. Sixty-one-year-old Anwar was a Congress leader till 1999, when he along with Sharad Pawar and PA Sangma parted ways with that party to establish the NCP. A second-term Rajya Sabha member, he held the crucial position...
07:38 PM, Oct 28, 2012
New Delhi: Fast food chain Kentucky's Fried Chicken (KFC) has come under scrutiny in Kerala after a family reportedly found worms in their fried chicken. The incident was reported from an outlet in Thiruvananthapuram. On a complaint, the Food Safety Authority conducted an inspection and found that the outlet didn't maintain adequate sanitation guidelines. Some seized chicken was allegedly as much as five months old. The outlet has been temporarily...
02:00 PM, Oct 10, 2012
Washington: Wonder why wine accords so well with a meal. The secret lies in the sensitivity of our mouths, say researchers. A nice glass of wine goes well with a hearty steak. The astringent wine and fatty meat are like the yin and yang of the food world, sitting on opposite ends of a sensory spectrum. Now taste researchers think they may understand why that is. They offer a whole...
12:33 PM, Oct 09, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: India needs to revive indigenous traditions of growing food and "privilege community-based" food storage and distribution to battle the problems of hunger and starvation, noted social activist Binayak Sen said. Sen called for changes in the Food Security Bill to ensure food for all. "Once the Food Security Bill becomes an Act, instead of taking us further towards food security, it will take us several steps backwards," Sen contended,...
04:13 PM, Oct 08, 2012
New Delhi: Aiming to eliminate bogus ration cards and ensure that food subsidy reaches the genuine beneficiaries, the government on Thursday approved a Rs 884 crore plan for end-to-end computerisation of the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) in the 12th Five-Year Plan on a cost-sharing basis with states. Around 18 crore households, including above poverty line and below poverty line, get subsidised ration under the TPDS. The cabinet committee on...
10:53 AM, Oct 05, 2012
New Delhi: Backing Centre's decision to allow FDI in multi-brand retail, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has defended FDI in retail by saying that the decision will help farmers prosper by removing middlemen from the supply chain and generate new jobs. He said, "A whopping 60 to 70 per cent of all Indian perishable products eventually rot because of lack of proper storage facilities. This will change once FDI in...
08:34 AM, Oct 05, 2012
Chennai: Targeting a turnover of Rs 1,000 crore by 2015, Bangalore-based MTR Foods Pvt. Ltd. will pound the Tamil Nadu market with its sambar/rasam/kulambu powders, while augmenting its production infrastructure at an outlay of around Rs 125 crore, a top company official said. "The Tamil Nadu masala powder market is estimated around Rs.712 crore. Around 93 percent of the market is shared between two brands, Aachi and Sakthi. Our product...
05:33 PM, Oct 04, 2012
London: Two men with big appetites have been banned from an all-you-can-eat restaurant in the UK as the manager of the eatery feared that they might drive him out of business. George Dalmon, a former rugby player, and his friend Andy Miles were banned from all-you-can-eat restaurant, Gobi, in Brighton, after the manager branded them "a couple of pigs". The men would each eat five bowls of stir-fry during their...
03:50 PM, Oct 03, 2012
New Delhi: India has 224.6 million undernourished people as nearly a fifth of the country's population does not receive the minimum number of calories required by an average individual, says the newly launched Global Food Security Index (GFSI). Sixty-eight point seven percent of the population in India lives below the global poverty line, the index said. GFSI, a scoring tool that measures the drivers of food security in 105 countries,...
12:49 PM, Oct 01, 2012
Kolkata: Claiming there have been 13 starvation deaths in West Bengal in the past 14 months, a network of trade unions and NGOs on Saturday demanded reforms in the public distribution system (PDS). It also urged the state government to "convince" the central government to make certain amendments in the proposed Food Security Bill. "Since May 2011, 13 starvation deaths have been reported in the state, which implies that that...
06:39 PM, Sep 29, 2012
New Delhi: The Kelkar Committee on Friday recommended that the government cut subsidies in the three significant F's - food, fuel and fertiliser - in order to narrow down its fiscal deficit. The committee warned that India was on the edge of a 'fiscal precipice' and if measures were not taken soon, it would have a big impact on the Indian economy. The government, however, refused to implement any of...
10:44 AM, Sep 29, 2012
Dehradun: Alleged irregularities have been found in the labelling of some of the food products marketed by yoga guru Ramdev's Divya Yog Mandir Trust, Haridwar District Magistrate Sachin Kurve said on Wednesday. Citing a report of Rudrapur-based Food and Drug Testing Laboratory in this regard, he said irregularities have been found in the labelling of six food products marketed by the Trust. The alleged regulatory violations by the Trust have...
08:18 PM, Sep 26, 2012
London: The appetite centres of children's brains light up when they are shown advertising images such as the McDonald's logo, a study reveals. Researchers revealed that the same areas do not respond to well-known logos that are not to do with food, The Independent reported. It suggests that fast-food firms are tapping into the reward areas of the brain, and that these develop before the regions that provide self-control, leading...
04:40 PM, Sep 26, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The government is planning a whistleblower system, by introducing rewards to informers on adulterated food and ingredients, said Health Minister V S Sivakumar here on Saturday, inaugurating a seminar on Food Safety and Standards Act,2006. It has become clear that right from salt to meat, fish and vegetables, adulteration has become common. It is not the retail traders who are indulging in malpractices but wholesalers and those who are...
01:55 PM, Sep 24, 2012
New Delhi: It is expected to rain more reforms as the Union Cabinet is set to meet on Monday. A massive overhaul of the Public Distribution System is on the cards. Sources say the government is likely to pump in Rs 42,000 crore to check the leakage in the system. The system is said to be having a leakage of almost 62 per cent. Under new system, the consumers will...
07:55 AM, Sep 24, 2012
