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
Thiruvananthapuram: It seems the Technopark authorities are following in the footsteps of the City Mayor - they have refused to take up the responsibility of waste management. Instead, they have asked the companies to do it themselves. According to the park authorities, the employees have to take back the food waste to their own houses. The companies in Technopark are furious over the entire affair as they are paying a...
03:13 PM, Sep 21, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and city police to ensure that no "beef and pork" festival takes place in the campus on September 28. A student organisation of the university had announced plans to hold a beef-and-pork festival on September 28. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice AK Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said, "The JNU and police are directed...
08:44 PM, Sep 19, 2012
Hyderabad: The delegates from around 190 countries, who will come to participate in the Bio-diversity Meet, will have a taste of state cuisine including the delicious Hyderabad Biryani on October 18 when the state government will host an official dinner. Three official dinners by the central government will also be hosted for the delegates on October 1, 8 and 17. The officials have planned to come up with six types...
03:31 PM, Sep 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Food Corporation of India (FCI) Assistant Grade-III Recruitment 2013 process is in full swing after the SSC received tremendous response to its notification that announced the requirement of 6545 Assistant Grade III positions for its five zones. The SSC website is currently down due to exceptional traffic. Candidates are requested to be patient while trying to apply online. This FCI Recruitment Notification has come out through advertisement...
12:56 PM, Sep 11, 2012
New Delhi: Taking a break from its tradition, fast food chain McDonald's on Tuesday said it will launch all-vegetarian restaurants in various pilgrimage sites across India with the first outlet opening in Amritsar by middle of next year. "Opening all-vegetarian restaurant is in our plans and the first outlet is on the pipeline. The first outlet will be opened in Amritsar by middle of next year," a McDonald's India North...
08:40 PM, Sep 04, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The Emerging Kerala meet will present before the potential investors and entrepreneurs a slew of projects in the primary sector. The upcoming investment summit in Kochi will display the State Governments prospective ventures aimed at making better use of its natural resources such as foodgrains, fruits, vegetables and herbs. Among the facilities that the government is planning to set up is a Food Park in Thiruvananthpuram district. It is...
01:39 PM, Sep 01, 2012
