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Why online stores are allowed to sell defective medical devices? Virtually every online store is selling medical devices. I was planning to buy one Blood pressure instrument for home. before placing the order I wanted to know how to select a good BP monitoring device for home. When I started looking for good BP devices, I landed at the website of American Heart Association (AHA).   AHA website clearly indicates that all instruments are not recommended and can give misleading readings. Good and recommended BP monitors list is available at  http://www.dableducational.org/sphygmomanometers/devices_2_sbpm.html#ArmTable When I tried to buy recommended models in India, it was shocking to note that none of the model which is sold in India mainly on website are recommended. It means they are prone to mislead the user and may create health risk.  Now the bigger question is : 1. Who is monitoring the quality of medical devices sold in ...

How and why food companies by-pass food laws? Recently many food related scandals have emerged in food world related to Big Brands and Big MNCs. Issues related Horse meat, stale meat, melamine, wrong labeling, etc. are common. It means it is a global  phenomenon, so Indian consumers have to remain vigilant.  I am not sure how much and what authorities can do, because till date they are not able to develop a food safety authority on which stakeholders can trust.  The biggest question is with all the might of knowledge and resources why these companies are on the wrong side of the law? There can be only two reasons: 1. Either their quality control systems and control of supply chain is very weak and their vendors are smart and able to supply them inferior materials and paid for the same by these big brands? 2. Another option is there is unwritten understand between buyers and suppliers to mix the ingredients and they will look the othe...

Why no unsafe food recall and no unsafe food data and deaths due to Unsafe Food in India? WHO says Unsafe Food Kills Hundreds of Thousands (You or loved one can be Next in line, because Food Safety Authority not keen to withdraw unsafe foods from shops) How many of us wants to die because of food poisoning?  Let me change the language, how many of us will buy a food which is unsafe? What is your expectation from enforcement departments when you hear food poisoning cases? In advance of World Health Day (April 7), the World Health Organization is urging governments to enact robust food safety systems to protect people from contaminated foods that can kill them. People have to eat to live, but the World Health Organization warns what you eat can kill you. Thanks to globalization, a vast variety of foods in and out of season now are available to people around the world. Unfortunately, the WHO says food can become contaminated with harmful bac...

 How to Implement High Court Order on Junk Foods in Schools? Health of kids is the utmost concern of any society and its future. There is debate in the society whether to ban junk foods or not? Should we debate this point? My question to the junk food manufactures and their shareholders and employees is – what should be the diet of your own kid – junk food or smart snacks? What they should eat, when they are in school or out of home or even at home? Are you keen to play with their health to save your own job? Is health of your kids trade-able commodities - to make profit by someone else at the cost of health of your kids? If your answer is in favor of health of your kids like every concerned parents, in that case in place of arguing and resisting demand for good food for kids, you must spend time and energy to upgrade the products in the interest of kids of any society. When Junk food manufactures can follow guidelines in US, why they can’t follow in Ind...

Agriculture needs Policy and Political Will Do share your opinion on the subject.

" Mere ma n n ki baat ( Straight f rom Heart )" Agriculture is a political activity, not an economic activity, in India Question for you: What is the agriculture Policy of India? Have you seen this document, if yes, please highlight the portion where it is written how to achieve food security of India. Pl. send me the copy of the same as well. It is quite likely that my experience or source of information may be different from yours and we may have conflicting views on the topic. Are you keen to remain hungry in coming years? If you don’t agree with my views, please do write to me with your facts and figures. I will definitely go through them because I always believe that differences of opinion provide a learning opportunity and I don’t want to miss that. Let us take this opportunity to express our views on the issues related to agriculture and agribusiness in India. Maybe collectively we can find some solutions to the issues that affect Indian ag...