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Reports claiming high pesticide residue on Indian herbs, spices "false and
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Terming the reports "false and malicious", the food safety regulator, through a press note, asserted that India has one of the most stringent standards of Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) in the world and MRLs of pesticides are fixed differently for different food commodities based on their
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Over 40,000 kg of Chinese dried chili with excessive pesticide residue sei
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Chinese dried chili shipments were all found to contain chlormequat -- a pesticide that can be used as a plant growth regulator -- at concentrations ranging from 0.13 to 5.27 parts per million (ppm), exceeding the non-detectable limit, TFDA Deputy Director-General Lin Chin-fu said.
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India exported record oilmeals in 2023-24
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Oilmeals are the residue left over after the extraction of oil from oilseeds and it is widely utilized as livestock feed globally.
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Israel: New nanofilter technology targets harmful contaminants in drinking
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
In a groundbreaking effort to combat the problem of contaminants and pharmaceutical waste in drinking water, Israeli researchers unveiled a nanofilter designed to specifically detect harmful molecular residue in water.
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Dabur Honey, India's Gold Standard Honey with unmatched commitment to qual
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 6: Honey is a wonderful gift of nature which is naturally rich in antioxidants, is a great energy source and has multiple benefits. Ayurvedic texts list honey as one of the five elixirs or Panchamrita. Honey has been used as a superfood and traditionally for its m
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Air pollution in Delhi-NCR: SC says crop residue burning must stop
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stressed the need to stop crop residue burning, which affects air quality in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) and asked state governments to take steps to curb pollution.
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"Why should people who violate law...?": SC bench suggests farmers lightin
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday while hearing issue relating to the air pollution in the Delhi-NCR suggested that the farmers who engage in stubble burning should be deprived of the Minimum Support Price (MSP) benefits as a part of the economic repercussions of their actions.
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Yogi govt on alert against incidents of stubble burning in UP
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Uttar Pradesh government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has undertaken comprehensive measures to curb incidents of winter stubble burning, including distributing bio-decomposers to farmers for free, providing them agricultural equipment for effective crop residue management and la
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Uttar Pradesh: Taj Mahal in Agra disappears under blanket of smog with sur
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Air pollution levels can be high during the winter months for a number of reasons, including dust and vehicular pollution, dry-cold weather, stubble burning, burning crop residues after the harvest season and commuting.
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FSSAI reviews safety and quality standards of tea
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Recently, there have been news reports about the colouring of teas and about violation of maximum residue limits.
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Contamination residues still found in park built on former municipal incin
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Many cities in the United States and Canada burnt their rubbish and waste in municipal incinerators during much of the last century. The majority of these facilities were decommissioned by the early 1970s due to worries about the pollution they added to the air, but a new Duke University stu
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Israel reducing barriers of food imports
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The ministry said that in recent years many steps have been promoted in the field, including the opening of parallel imports of regular foods, the adoption of EU regulations regarding food safety (chemical pollutants, microbiological pollutants, and pesticide residues), the cancellation of t
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