Topic: FoodSafety

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.

The Delhi government destroyed about 7,000 kg of unhygienic and foul-smelling khoya seized from Mori Gate market ahead of the festive season.

Delhi’s Food Safety Department seized and destroyed about 7,000 kg of unhygienic khoya at Mori Gate, with 35 of 44 samples failing preliminary tests.

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 is preparing stricter rules that may ban the sale and promotion of chips, soft drinks and high-fat, salt and sugar foods within 50 metres of schools.

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.