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Food and dissent

Sunita Narain's response to the comments on her previous editorial "Why I would not advocate vegetarianism"

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Status of Food Laboratories in India

Dr Satya Prakash, former director, Central Food Laboratory, Kolkata talks to Environment Health Bulletin on the status of labs in India. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had notified Rules on 5th August 2011 under FSSA Act 2006 to give guidelines to food industry for hygiene and regulations/ standards for safe and wholesome food for human consumption.

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