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Sugar shortage likely this festive season
Aug 28, 2020
Kathmandu, August 27 Consumers hoping some sweet relief this festive season may be in for disappointment as the shortage of sugar looms large. Salt Trading Corporation and Food Management and Trading Company Ltd (FMTCL) have started the tender process of importing sugar. While STC has already issued a re-tender notice, FMTCL had issued a tender on ...
Bajura locals reeling under acute food shortage
Aug 22, 2020
BAJURA, AUGUST 21 Acute shortage of food has hit Bajura district hard. Chief District Officer Krishna Gaire said the shortage of food had been there since Kolti and Kawadi depots in the district ran out of rice stock. Food supply was also halted after the Sanphe-Martadi road section and local roads were obstructed due to flood and landslides. A ...
Substandard milk products being sold in the market
Aug 19, 2020
Kathmandu, August 18 The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control has revealed that it has found some milk products, among other products, being sold in the market that are of highly substandard quality. As per the annual report of DoFTQC, it had collected around 3,198 samples for quality test in the previous fiscal year 2019-20. Among all...
Food hygiene bill moots harsher punishment
Aug 10, 2020
KATHMANDU, AUGUST 9 The Food Hygiene and Quality Bill, which was recently registered by the Government of Nepal at the National Assembly, proposes heavy punishment on any person or company found to be causing harm to the health of consumers through deception or sale of substandard food items. According to Section 42 of the bill, the concerned distr...
‘Save street food’
Aug 10, 2020
KATHMANDU: In a multi-country effort to save the many affected street food vendors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the South Asian Association for Gastronomy (SAAG) has launched the campaign #savestreetfood in Nepal, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. SAAG, a think tank drawn from across South Asia, has an annual platform called ‘The Food For Tho...
South Asian Gastronomy Association launches ‘Savestreetfood’ campaign across SAARC countries amid COVID-19 crisis
Aug 10, 2020
KATHMANDU: The South Asian Association for Gastronomy (SAAG) has launched a campaign to ‘Savestreetfood’ across India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, among others, in a bid to save food vendors affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. SAAG, comprising of hospitality industry professionals, food scholars and policy influencers from Sout...
Protecting the Economically Vulnerable Population
Jul 7, 2020
Kathmandu, July 7 What started as a health crisis in the form of the COVID-19 pandemic has now unfolded into a global economic and livelihood crisis. While the ubiquitous quarantines and lockdowns may have saved many lives and provided an additional benefit of environmental improvement, their enormous consequences on people’s livelihoods...
World food price index rose in June: UN
Jul 3, 2020
ROME: World food prices rose in June to post their first increase of 2020 and mark a slight rebound after the sharp falls triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations food agency said today. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) food price index, which measures monthly changes for a basket of cereals, oilseeds, dairy products, me...
Canberra bakery infested by cockroaches had uncovered food in storeroom, no soap for handwashing
Jul 25, 2017
The owner of a Canberra bakery has been fined $19,000 after live cockroaches were found in the food preparation area, which had reportedly not been cleaned for more than a month. The ACT Magistrates Court heard when a health official inspected Oriental Hot Bake at Hawker shops in May last year, he found both live and dead cockroaches in the food p...
Melbourne water supply could be under threat within a decade, water authority says
Jul 23, 2017
Melbourne's water providers have begun planning for a possible water crisis, as a new report suggests the city could start running out of water within a decade. Melbourne Water analysed the effect of greater consumption caused by population growth, and the possibility of worsening droughts due to climate change. It found, at worst, demand cou...
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