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23 Dec 2022

DNA: The 'epidemic' of 'food wastage' is more dangerous than Corona

Every year about 7 thousand crore kg of food is wasted in the families of India. This happens in a country where 19 crore people are forced to sleep hungry. For this, the government has now decided that children will be taught lessons in schools to prevent the wastage of food.

05 Nov 2022

Research: "Words" matter in messages about food safety and freshness

According to a recent Cornell University-led study, changing the wording concerning expiration dates on perishable food items--which is now uncontrolled and widely variable--could help minimize food waste. In contrast to "best if used by," some language, such as "best by," has the potential to reduce food waste.

27 Sep 2022

DNA: Why is bad habit of wasting food not ending?

Two days from now, on 29th September, the whole world will celebrate International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste. On this day, people will be made aware to stop the wastage of food and drink and this awareness campaign has been going for the past 3 years. But alas, people have a bad habit of leaving food on their plate and this habit is not ending anytime soon.

15 May 2017

Nearly 40% of food in US goes waste: Study

Huge quantities of nutritious foods end up in landfills instead of meeting Americans' dietary needs," said lead author Marie Spiker, from the Johns Hopkins University in the US.

11 Apr 2017

Food wastage: Modi govt may soon fix portions served to you in restaurants, hotels

In last month's monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat', Prime Minister Narendra Modi had expressed concern about food being wasted.

09 Mar 2017

Coming soon – Tires made from eggshells, tomato peels

In tests, rubber made with the new fillers exceeds industrial standards for performance, which may ultimately open up new applications for rubber.

15 Sep 2016

'Food waste may store solar, wind energy'

Some scientists have been exploring sugar alcohols as a possible material for making thermal storage work, but this direction has some limitations.

13 Jul 2016

Americans' habit of throwing half of food produce deepens poverty, creates havoc on environment

This practice, which is usually supported by furnishing reasons such as “cult of perfection”, poverty and hunger in fact inflicts a hefty toll on the environment.

12 Sep 2015

Longer the school lunch periods, more the healthy eating

A recent study has linked short lunch periods in schools to less healthy eating among kids.

17 Jul 2014

Gulf countries among world's top generators of food waste

Most GCC countries face a dearth in arable land and fresh water sources thus, depend heavily upon imported food staples to meet domestic food demand.

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