Soma Korula ¹, S. R. Shurpalekar ¹, G. V. Kumar ¹, M. R. Chandrasekhara ¹, L. Parthasarathy ¹, M. Swaminathan ¹

Affiliations
1 Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, IN

Abstract

Rice forms the staple food of nearly half the world's population. Diet and nutrition surveys carried out in several rice-eating regions have shown that the diets consumed by weaned infants and young children of the low income groups of the population are deficient in proteins and certain vitamins and minerals and do not promote optimum growth in children.

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G. V. Kumar ¹, S. R. Sampath ¹

Affiliations
1 Southern Regional Station, National Dairy Research Institute, Bangalore, IN

Abstract

There has been much development in the knowledge of nutrition of both man and livestock. Concurrently, research work has been carried out to know the deleterious effects resulting from the consumption of food articles contaminated with fungi and bacteria. The consumption of food-stuffs contaminated with these, with the consequent production of metabolites which are toxic, has resulted in grave consequences to both man and livestock. Of special significance is the aflatoxin produced by the fungi on feed-stuffs.

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