Topic: food safety

Ahead of Diwali, Maharashtra FDA suspended 105 food business licences, ordered seven establishments to close and seized food items worth about Rs 1.35 crore.

In Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, the Food Safety Department collected seven samples of sweets and savouries from three hotels ahead of Diwali for laboratory testing.

Ahead of Diwali, food department teams inspected sweet shops in Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, and collected khoya, laddoo and other sweet samples for laboratory testing.

Questions over noodles and food safety have arisen after five family members died under suspicious circumstances in Greater Noida. Police and forensic teams are investigating.

FSSAI has proposed banning added sucrose and fructose in nutrition products for infants up to six months under draft amendment regulations for 2026.

A joint team led by SDM Bairagarh Ravishankar Rai inspected three Halalpur hotels, seized 12 gas cylinders from Hotel City Walk and issued notices over deficiencies.