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Nutraceuticals and Placebo

Nutraceuticals and Placebo

Herbal medicines are often perceived by the general public as a ‘soft’ alternative to Western medicine, but the use of these substances can be risky since they can induce nocebo effect. In 1961 Walter Kennedy

Policy
Regulators in the making

Regulators in the making

Many of the recent initiatives of Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) can be seen in positive light and directed towards growth of the regulatory body. The regulatory body has now gained momentum and

Policy
Bringing change in food safety culture

Bringing change in food safety culture

The enactment of Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 (FSSA 2006) completed 10 years last month. The Parliament passed the Act, which received President’s assent on August 23, 2006. With this Act India took a

Nutritionals
The Dilemma of Prebiotics & Probiotics in the Context of nutraceuticals

The Dilemma of Prebiotics & Probiotics in the Context of nutraceuticals

With the advent of modern probes, analytic However where there is a generation to generation gap Call methods and purely borderless science of people in understanding new foods and new concepts of both food and

Technologies
MoFPI’s Badal inaugurates new Mega Food Park worth Rs 117 cr in Ludhiana

MoFPI’s Badal inaugurates new Mega Food Park worth Rs 117 cr in Ludhiana

Union Minister Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal laid the Foundation Stone of the Ludhiana Mega Food Park worth Rs. 117.61 crore. “Ludhiana Food Park is the gift of the Prime Minister to Punjab and

Policy
FSSAI releases draft on alcoholic beverages; issues separate regulations for each type

FSSAI releases draft on alcoholic beverages; issues separate regulations for each type

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) released the draft stating new standards for alcoholic beverages, defining each type of beverage and cites separate regulations for them. Along with the draft FSSAI also released

Global
Michigan farmer finds tart cherry quotas to try to safeguard tart cherry prices

Michigan farmer finds tart cherry quotas to try to safeguard tart cherry prices

The Cherry Industry Administrative Board establishes quotas to try to safeguard tart cherry prices and equate supply with demand. Growers vote on retaining the marketing order every six years. Processors can choose to maintain inventory

Allied Industry
Vyome Biosciences closes $14 million series C financing

Vyome Biosciences closes $14 million series C financing

Vyome Biosciences, a clinical-stage specialty biopharmaceutical company developing novel medicines for treating skin diseases caused by resistant microbes announced that it has closed $14 million Series C financing round. This financing round was led by

Research
China to allocate more resources to genetically-modified crop research

China to allocate more resources to genetically-modified crop research

China will allocate more resources to genetically-modified crop research and development, according to a five-year plan for science and technology progress published by the State Council. The plan listed science and technology targets for the

Global
Bayer acquires Monsanto for $66 billion

Bayer acquires Monsanto for $66 billion

Bayer acquires Monsanto for USD 128 per share in an all-cash transaction. Monsanto’s Board of Directors, Bayer’s Board of Management and Bayer’s Supervisory Board have unanimously approved the agreement. Based on Monsanto’s closing share price