U.S. food regulator gathering information on MDH, Everest spices after alleged contamination

U.S. food regulator gathering information on MDH, Everest spices after alleged contamination

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is gathering information on products of Indian spice makers MDH and Everest. | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is gathering information on products of Indian spice makers MDH and Everest after Hong Kong halted sales of some of their products for allegedly containing … Read more

Data | Parsing the inflation story of the past year

Data | Parsing the inflation story of the past year

Inflation: Pulses put on display for sale at wholesale grocery market Khari Baoli, Delhi | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The latest annual report released by the RBI highlights the factors and disruptors that heightened inflation levels worldwide. It also identifies the specific commodities that affected inflation across different components, like food, fuel and core … Read more

Hot Stuff: Spicy Foods Can’t Harm You, Can They?

Hot Stuff: Spicy Foods Can’t Harm You, Can They?

By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Spicy food challenges are all the rage these days, but can munching red hot peppers and sizzling hot sauces harm you? One nutrition expert from University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center in Ohio suggests that while it may burn your tongue at … Read more

Is Arthritis Pain Relief as Close as Your Spice Rack?

By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Sept. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) — It’s a must for any good curry, and a new clinical trial suggests that turmeric might ease arthritis pain, too. Researchers found that an extract of the spice turmeric worked better than a placebo in easing pain from knee arthritis over … Read more

Exporters tap rail route to send over 9,000 tonnes of spices to Bangladesh amid lockdown

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More than 9,000 tonnes of spices such as chilli, turmeric and cumin were exported to Bangladesh by rail route for the first time as coronavirus-related lockdown disrupted road transport, an official said. In the past one month, over 5,000 tonnes turmeric, 4,300 tonnes chilli, and 100 tonnes cumin have been exported by rail to Bangladesh … Read more