Mumbai police bust milk adulteration racket, arrest four
The Mumbai crime branch has arrested four men for adulterating milk and selling it in counterfeit packets of brands such as Amul and Gokul. Acting on a tip-off, police raided a factory…
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FDA finds fungus, live larvae in kaju katli at Reliance store
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspected a Reliance Retail outlet at ARD Cinemall in Thane, Maharashtra, on August 8 following a complaint about Laxmi Narayan brand kaju katli. Inspectors found fungus…
Bombay HC orders Amazon to hand over expired goods to FDA
The Bombay High Court on Monday directed Amazon Retail India to hand over all expired and perished goods from its Bhiwandi warehouse to the Maharashtra FDA for scientific disposal. Amazon must bear…
Bengaluru seizes 18,000 Diageo liquor boxes over missing recycled plastic markings
Indian food safety inspectors have seized around 18,000 boxes of Diageo liquor bottles in Bengaluru for allegedly lacking mandatory markings indicating they were made with safe recycled plastic, government sources told Reuters.…
Bengaluru seizes 132 kg rotten food, detains over 100
Bengaluru authorities seized 132 kg of rotten food items, including 45 kg of chicken and beef, during weekend inspections of high-end restaurants at UB City and Brigade Road. The Food Safety department…
Mumbai food safety raids, Ganesh idol debate, security alert
Times of India reports that a bomb threat was received by the Mumbai Metro, Bombay Stock Exchange and the Mayor’s office, prompting heightened security ahead of Independence Day. Maharashtra authorities are intensifying…
IAS officer Tukaram Mundhe gets standing ovation in Pune
Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe received a hero's welcome at a public event in Pune. The audience gave the IAS officer a standing ovation as he walked towards the…
Hyderabad food safety crackdown hits street food and restaurants
Hyderabad food safety teams have cracked down on unhygienic street food manufacturing and restaurant kitchens across the city. The H-FAST task force and GHMC officials destroyed 25 kg of ready-to-eat food including…
Karnataka FDA seizes 132 kg rotten food from 5 Bengaluru hotels
Karnataka's food safety department on Sunday seized and destroyed 132 kg of food items from five Bengaluru hotels, including rotten meat with fungus, spoiled vegetables, and used cooking oil. Skyye lounge at…
Indian-origin teen wins top scientist award for AI pesticide detector
Sirish Subash, a 14-year-old Indian-origin ninth grader from Snellville, Georgia, won the America’s Top Young Scientist title in October 2024 for inventing PestiSCAND, a handheld AI-powered device that detects pesticide residues on…
