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A Mumbai beer plant brewing a public health issue?

United Breweries is India’s biggest producer of beer – but an inspection has found stunning sanitation lapses.  The brewing giant, which claims to account for more than fifty percent of beer production in India and saw its revenue grow by 21 percent in the 2018 financial year, was flagged on several concerning grounds by the …

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Feeding mosquitoes sugar makes them less likely to bite – but don’t go leaving out sugary treats just yet

By Richard Halfpenny, Lecturer in Biological Sciences, Staffordshire University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The teasing temptation of a sugary treat can often get the better of us. But don’t worry, we’re not the only ones. The saccharine substance that our sweet tooth finds …

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Food delivery: Punjab notifies hygiene standards

The luxury of ordering food online is one Punjab is looking to make safer with new guidelines aimed at food delivery services. Delivery companies including Swiggy, Uber Eats and Zomato are required to display the hygiene ratings of eateries they are associated with as a prerequisite for delivering food from them. “The onus of ensuring …

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Turn away from trans fats, but don’t look to palm oil

The steps taken by the World Health Organization (Who) to eliminate trans fats from our global food supply are important. However, a key piece of the conversation is missing. What are the alternatives? Trans fats are bad for our health: the WHO reminded us this week that five billion people worldwide are exposed to the …

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Production of trans fats warning reminds us why action is vital

Even as many countries regulate trans fats, more than five billion people worldwide continued to be exposed to them at risk to their health according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “Momentum is growing for the global elimination of industrially-produced trans fat, with nearly one third of the world’s population in 28 countries now protected …

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WHO convinces industry to reduce trans fats

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has achieved a major breakthrough in its campaign to eliminate industrially produced trans fats from the global food supply by 2023. After a meeting with the International Food and Beverage Alliance (IFBA) representatives, including chief executive officers from several of the twelve companies comprising the alliance, on May 2nd, 2019 …

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Poultry farms breeding an antibiotic resistance crisis

Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats facing Indian public health – and poultry farms are serving as a breeding ground for the crisis. “This news is not altogether surprising, though this does not make it any less concerning. Research has uncovered numerous instances of poultry farms breeding antibiotic resistance” A recent study of …

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India’s water woes are bigger than you think

It is not even summer season and great swathes of India’s land are suffering from drought, recently published data reveals. This is according to an IndiaSpend analysis of figures from the Drought Early Warning System (DEWS), which contains dire implications for an enormous number of Indians and a sizeable proportion of the country’s land. At …

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The cost of crop burning

Every year, India’s paddy field farmers burn seven to eight million metric tonnes of crop waste. The effect of this on India is astronomical – both on the country’s wallet, and its people’s health. Crop burning incurs a cost of almost US$30 billion every year, new research suggests. A groundbreaking study led by the International …

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