FOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT S

While enthusiasts of this tantalizing street snack among desis are abundant, certain reports have questioned its safety and potential long-term health effects.

Karnataka has banned the use of artificial colors in food items, including kebabs, chicken, fish, and vegetarian dishes, after tests revealed harmful levels of sunset yellow and carmoisine. Violations of this ban can lead to severe penalties, includ...

A customer found a dead mouse in sambar at an Ahmedabad eatery, sparking outrage on social media. This incident follows recent food safety concerns, including a human finger in ice cream and a dead mouse in Hershey’s syrup. The Ahmedabad Municipal C...

A woman in Noida has claimed she found a centipede inside an ice-cream tub she ordered from an instant delivery app. Food safety officials have launched a probe into the matter. Samples of the ice-cream were collected from the store and sent for tes...

Amul has asked a woman in Noida to return an ice cream tub containing a centipede for further investigation, asserting its superior dairy product quality in India and globally. The woman shared a picture of the insect online, prompting a probe by fo...

Amul has requested a woman in Noida to return an ice cream tub, in which she claimed to have found a centipede, for further investigation. The woman, Deepa Devi, shared a picture of the insect on social media, prompting the Noida food safety departm...

Happy Friday! Banks are gaining ground in the toll payments space as Paytm Payments Bank’s market share continues to plummet. This and more in today’s Morning Dispatch.

Several products in the Blinkit warehouse were found to have expired and were seized, Telangana's Commissioner of Food Safety said on Thursday. The raid found that cosmetic products were stored with food items and that the licence of Congruence Trad...

​The Hyderabad branch of the iconic Rameshwaram Cafe recently came under scrutiny after Telangana Police found stocks of food items well past the expiry date on its premises. While the co-founder was quick to apologize, netizens thought the apology ...

A woman died and 178 people suffered food poisoning in Thrissur, Kerala, after consuming a Biryani-type dish from a local restaurant. Symptoms included diarrhea and vomiting. Officials suspect mayonnaise in "kuzhimanthi" caused the outbreak. The res...

According to reports, the turbulence occurred over Turkey and lasted less than 20 seconds, coinciding with the food and drinks service on board. This incident comes shortly after a Singapore Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing in Bangko...

The Hyderabad Food Safety Department raided Rameshwaram Cafe for using expired and unlabeled food items. The violations included 100 kg of Urad Dal, 10 kg of Nandini Curd, and eight litres of milk found expired. Additionally, improperly labelled raw...

Nepali consumers are increasingly turning to locally manufactured and packaged spices following the ban on Indian spices due to high levels of ethylene oxide. The ancient market of Ason in Kathmandu has witnessed a surge in the purchase of locally p...

After many hearings, soan papdi of substandard quality would land Lila Dhar Pathak, a businessman, Ajay Joshi, the distributor and Patanjali assistant manager Abhishek Kumar in jail for six months under Section 50 of the Food Safety and Standards Ac...

Nepal’s Department of Food Technology and Quality reported that the ban is due to the suspicion of ethylene oxide contamination. The banned spices include madras curry powder, sambhar mixed masala powder, mixed masala curry powder of MDH, and fish c...

FSSAI has urged the Food Safety Departments of States and Union Territories to be vigilant and take stringent action against those violating these regulations. The authority emphasised that using calcium carbide, a hazardous chemical, poses signific...

Nepal's Department of Food Technology and Quality Control has prohibited the import, sale, and consumption of two Indian spice brands, Everest and MDH, due to concerns about high levels of ethylene oxide. These are Madras Curry Powder, Sambhar Mixed...

Though India has a food regulator, the actions regulators abroad take on exported foods seem to get wider attention. There is a danger of trust deficit that needs urgent attention through better testing, penalties, and transparency.

Delhi Police has seized 15 tonnes of spurious spices from two factories in Karawal Nagar, arresting three individuals involved in the production and supply of adulterated spices. The suspects were found using banned substances and non-edible items i...