Nearly 1,000 kg fake chilli, garam masala, turmeric and coriander found in Delhi’s Khari Baoli, Asia’s largest wholesale spice marketPolice raided an illegal spice unit in Delhi's Khari Baoli. They seized 802 kg of fake spices. Adulterated materials like rice and industri...
27 May, 2026, 12.38 PM IST
Gujarat saunf adulteration: 3,500 kg of fennel seeds dyed with unsafe chemicals seized in major raidThe Gujarat Food Safety Department seized more than 3,500 kilograms of allegedly adulterated fennel seeds from Ganapati Cleaning Factory in...
24 May, 2026, 11.22 AM IST
Mumbai watermelon case update: Stunning twist as no additives found in fruit by FDA, focus shifts to poison angleMumbai watermelon case: Investigations into the deaths of a Mumbai family have ruled out food adulteration, with FDA tests finding no conta...
02 May, 2026, 02.57 PM IST
Can watermelon turn so deadly that it can kill you? Doctors explain after 4 Mumbai deaths & here’s how to eat it safelyA tragic incident in Mumbai, where four family members died after reportedly consuming watermelon, has raised concerns over food poisoning,...
28 Apr, 2026, 06.22 PM IST
How to spot real and fake watermelon: Simple home tests to do amid FSSAI findings of adulterated fruits in marketsWith rising concerns over adulterated fruits in the market, especially during summer, knowing how to identify real and fake watermelon at h...
26 Apr, 2026, 09.29 PM IST
Fake mango alert: 3,800 kg of chemically made pulp seized in Pune. Know side effects & how to identify artificially ripened aam at homeMango Adulteration Alert: With the mango season in full swing, rising cases of mango adulteration in India have sparked serious food safety...
16 Apr, 2026, 12.36 PM IST
Sauce that may be costing lives sold at just Rs 20/litre to vendors: UP food raid seizes over 200 litres of contaminated stockA food safety raid in Hapur’s Pannapuri led to the sealing of a food manufacturing unit found producing adulterated tomato sauce using vege...
10 Apr, 2026, 03.56 PM IST
Navratri food crackdown: Kuttu, singhara atta, sendha namak, laddoos seized in FSSAI raids across Haridwar, Mau, Ghaziabad and other districtsAuthorities are intensifying food safety checks across Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand as Navratri celebrations begin, cracking down on adult...
22 Mar, 2026, 02.12 PM IST
Hyderabad fake ghee raid: How 3,000 kg of cow & buffalo cream were mixed with cheap substances and supplied to publicAuthorities in Hyderabad busted an illegal dairy unit producing fake ghee and cream using palm oil and vanaspati. More than 3,000 kg of adu...
06 Mar, 2026, 01.40 PM IST
Your jeerawala tadka could be deadly: How cement-coated fennel is being sold as cumin in a fake spice racket across IndiaFake spice racket: In a disturbing case of food adulteration in Gwalior, what was being sold as cumin was found to be fennel seeds coated w...
02 Feb, 2026, 01.15 PM IST
Hotels, restaurants, pubs under FSSAI's intense scrutiny over adulterated paneerFood regulator FSSAI has directed states to take strict action against eateries serving adulterated paneer, with potential license cancella...
16 Dec, 2025, 11.12 PM IST
Delhi Spice Scam: Police uncover massive racket; acid, wood dust allegedly mixed in masalaDelhi Police has seized 15 tonnes of spurious spices from two factories in Karawal Nagar, arresting three individuals involved in the produ...
06 May, 2024, 04.20 PM IST
'Only in India we are liberal with health concerns', says SC on bail plea in food adulteration caseHearing appeals against dismissal of their pre-arrest bail pleas by the Madhya Pradesh High Court at Indore, the bench was told by lawyer P...
09 Jun, 2021, 02.53 PM IST
UP CM directs officers to act against those involved in adulteration'Adityanath directed all probes in the cases of adulteration to be expedited and observed that long pending cases encourage adulteration an...
08 Sep, 2018, 01.41 PM IST
Maharashtra govt mulls life term imprisonment for adulterationThe move is being considered in the wake of rising cases of food adulteration and spurious chemical products in the past three years.
27 Mar, 2018, 06.54 PM IST
Rajya Sabha MPs seek stringent laws to check food adulterationDuring the Zero Hour, Naresh Agrawal (SP) raised the issue of growing menace of adulteration in food products including essential items suc...
05 May, 2016, 01.55 PM IST
China registers over 5.62 lakh food adulteration cases in 2014Most complaints were about online sales of fake products, false advertising, unlicensed production and adverse reactions.
31 Mar, 2015, 04.25 PM IST