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India's protein boom: Growth, risks & need for sustainable sourcingIndia's appetite for protein is on the rise, opening doors for food enterprises seeking growth. However, this expansion is not without chal...
If you eat non-veg daily, your lifespan may be shrinking: Oxford study warns of 9 major risks to your heart, liver & kidneysA UK study reveals frequent consumption of red and processed meat poses health risks. The research, involving nearly 475,000 adults, links ...
Drug-resistant Salmonella in recalled salami sickens dozens across Canada; hidden threat in everyday meats and how to stay safeA drug-resistant Salmonella outbreak is reported in Canada. Fifty-seven people are sick after eating recalled salami. Alberta has forty-fou...
FSSAI sets stricter rule for antibiotics in food items"If enforced strictly, the regulations will ensure safer food products for consumers by setting stricter residue and contaminant limits acr...
Can Kerala's antibiotic abuse project inspire India's antimicrobial resistance fight?In 2019, nearly 300,000 deaths in India were due to AMR. Over 1 million deaths were linked to drug resistance, making infections more chall...
Antibiotic resistance, death of bees & loss of organic carbon: Zerodha founder Nithin Kamath's green warning to the worldNithin Kamath, founder and CEO of Zerodha, has shared alarming facts about sustainability and the environment. He highlighted the dangers o...
Intensive farming may increase risk of epidemics, scientists warnThe scientists, including those from the University of Sheffield in the UK, said overuse of antibiotics, high animal numbers, and low genet...
- India among hotspots of antibiotic resistance in animals: Study
Antibiotic resistance in food-animals growingIndia, long associated with the spread of superbug New Delhi metallo-beta lactamase-1 and extensively drug-resistance tuberculosis, has now...
Plants transmitting superbugs to humans?
You could get to eat ‘clean’ meat in India by next yearICT has joined hands with The Good Food Institute to establish a lab facility in Mumbai by 2020.
Food regulator to curb use of antibiotics in food itemsOnce the new regulation is in place, FSSAI will do surprise inspections and random sampling to check such products do not contain antibioti...
Antibiotic use in poultry sector rampant: CSECSE yesterday slammed the All India Poultry Development and Services Private Limited for its advertisement and said it was "complete misrep...
Health ministry moves to limit antibiotics in meatThe ministry has specified the maximum permissible limits of various antibiotics in meat products.
Overuse of antibiotics in animals to worsen India’s AMR problem: StudyIndia is expected to see an 82% increase in consumption of antibiotics in “food animals” from 2,633 tons of antibiotics in 2013, showed a n...
Livestock with superbugs pose threat to human healthThe study, led by O R Vinodh Kumar, has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Microbiology.
A newly-discovered antibiotic-resistant gene opens new front in the war against superbugsFirst identified in China last November, the gene has since been discovered in livestock, water, meat and vegetables for human consumption ...
Eating chicken could make you immune to antibiotics: CSE reportAfter a researcher conducted a study on antibiotic resistance at his hospital, they found about 10% of the patients to be resistant to comm...
Centre directs state governments to stop the use of antibiotics and hormones in animal feedConsumption of antibiotic contaminated meat, milk and eggs may develop antibiotic resistance in both animals and human beings.
- Artificial meat: An answer to food crisis or a health hazard?
'Do we really need artificial meat?' The current meat production rate would not suffice to meet the demands of agrowing population 20 yrs h...