Golgappas turn fatal: 7-year-old dies, 20 hospitalised in Jharkhand, this common summer mistake could be deadlyA tragic incident in Jharkhand's Bajto village saw one child die and nearly 20 hospitalized after consuming roadside golgappas. Officials a...
27 Apr, 2026, 09.24 AM IST
FSSAI directs food manufacturers to use only Ashwagandha roots, extracts; not leavesFood safety regulator FSSAI has issued a directive to all food businesses. Only Ashwagandha roots and their extracts are permitted for use....
21 Apr, 2026, 01.46 PM IST
Mangoes, bananas, papayas under watch: FSSAI crackdown begins over illegal 'masala' use for ripening; What India’s top food regulator is warningFood Safety and Standards Authority of India has issued a fresh directive to states to intensify action against the illegal use of artifici...
17 Apr, 2026, 11.21 AM IST
FSSAI acts tough against the use of banned artificial ripeners in fruitsIndia's food regulator, FSSAI, has ordered states to crack down on illegal fruit ripening methods, particularly the use of banned calcium c...
17 Apr, 2026, 01.11 AM 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
150 kg rotten meat, 350 kg spoiled chicken seized as Telangana raids expose dangerous food safety lapsesTelangana authorities have intensified their crackdown on unsafe food, seizing over 146 kg of spoiled meat statewide and issuing numerous h...
03 Apr, 2026, 11.49 AM IST
Food safety violations at Blinkit warehouse: Telangana authority to issue noticeSeveral products in the Blinkit warehouse were found to have expired and were seized, Telangana's Commissioner of Food Safety said on Thurs...
06 Jun, 2024, 08.11 PM IST
Food safety officials find violations at Blinkit warehouse near Hyderabad, share photos on social mediaThe Commissioner of Food Safety in Telangana reported on social media that a recent inspection of the Blinkit warehouse in Devar Yamjal, Me...
06 Jun, 2024, 06.51 PM IST
Gutka ban: SC issues notice on Tamil Nadu govt's plea against Madras HC orderAdditional Advocate General Amit Anand Tiwari, appearing for the state, argued that orders of the Food Safety Commissioner banning the sale...
04 Mar, 2023, 04.50 PM IST
FSSAI directs state food safety commissioners to implement new norms on additivesFSSAI had uploaded a list of 8,000 approved additives, the food categories in which they can be used, and the permissible limit for them on...
20 Jan, 2016, 05.43 PM IST
FSSAI to intensify action against companies selling unapproved itemsFSSAI is awaiting reports from various state food safety commissioners who have been instructed to carry out tests on various products.
30 Jun, 2015, 08.53 PM IST
FSSAI enhances packaged water, milk & edible oil surveillanceFollowing the Maggi fiasco, authorities have started clamping down on entities which are found to be non-complaint with food safety norms.
23 Jun, 2015, 05.11 PM IST
Food safety regulator issues countrywide alert on milk, water & edible oil packsFSSAI has asked all food safety commissioners to "increase surveillance activities" with a special focus on packaged products.
23 Jun, 2015, 10.31 AM IST
Maggi row aftermath: FSSAI asks state food commissioners to test all packaged items"There are hundreds of packaged food products which are being sold in the country without registration, they need to be inspected and evalu...
14 Jun, 2015, 12.52 PM IST
Arunachal Pradesh recalls nine variants of MaggiThe Food Safety Commissioner in Arunachal Pradesh has directed all distributors, wholesellers and retailers of nine Maggi variants.
06 Jun, 2015, 02.44 PM IST
Mizoram to take decision on Maggi noodles after FSSAI nodThe Centre had not issued any instruction to the Mizoram government except to take precautionary measures even as some states have banned M...
05 Jun, 2015, 03.26 PM IST
NCDEX in a fix over order to destroy 900 tonne pepperThe leading agri-bourse NCDEX is facing the heat as the Kerala Food Safety Commissioner has ordered it to destroy 900 tonnes of adulterated...
19 Aug, 2013, 09.31 PM IST