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GHMC’s Food Safety Wing conducted a special drive across Hyderabad, inspecting 81 food establishments in schools, parks, and bakeries. Officials educated operators on hygiene norms, collected food samples, and issued 14 notices for violations to ensure child-safe food environments.

The Hyderabad City Commissioner’s Task Force (Jubilee Hills) raided a garlic and ginger paste unit at Rajendranagar, seizing large quantities of paste prepared in unhygienic conditions with exposure to dust and insects.

Hyderabad Police launched the H-FAST unit to combat food adulteration through surveillance, raids, and enforcement. Working with food safety officials, the team aims to ensure public health, encouraging citizens to report violations via a dedicated helpline and social media platforms

Eight people, including a child, fell ill after consuming chutney contaminated with a dead lizard at a tiffin centre in Jagtial. The victims were hospitalised but are in stable condition.

Delhi Police busted a spurious desi ghee manufacturing unit in Alipur, seizing 1,500 kg of fake clarified butter and 55 litres of synthetic essence. The unit, operated by a long-time offender, was supplying fake ghee across Delhi and neighbouring States.

The Commissioner of Food Safety conducted inspections across government schools, hostels, mid-day meal centres, and private food outlets in Hyderabad, uncovering serious hygiene violations. Several facilities lacked food licences, used synthetic colours, and stored food in non-food-grade containers.

Food Safety Task Force inspected ten Absolute Barbeque outlets in Hyderabad and found several violations, including dirty utensils, cockroach and housefly infestations, expired food, and improper storage. The findings were shared by the Commissioner of Food Safety on X.

Experts urge consumers to read food labels carefully, focusing on serving size, calorie count, sugar, and fat content. The National Institute of Nutrition warns against misleading claims and stresses informed choices to reduce risks of obesity, heart disease, and allergies

There should not be any lethargy in serving quality food to the students. If any officials are found irresponsible in their duties stern action would be initiated against them, the BC Welfare Minister warned.

The tool facilitates easy submission of details such as front-of-pack images highlighting the misleading claim, the FSSAI license or registration number of the manufacturer, and the e-commerce URL if the product is being sold online.

Quite often, in the urgency to grab a cool drink, people, especially those who spend a lot of time outdoors, and even petty vendors tend to overlook basic precautions that are mandatory to ensure food safety and illnesses

The food safety teams found several violations of the Food Safety and Standards Act (FSSA) 2006 at these establishments. Notably, three juice centres—A1 Fruit and Juice Shop, KGN Juice Centre, and Natural Flavours—were operating without a valid license.

Government will ensure FSSAI registration/license for all the food businesses by cross checking with trade license data and previous hawker survey data

A popular tiffin center in Gachibowli, Varalaxmi Tiffins, was also flagged for unsanitary conditions, unclean walls, and broken flooring in the kitchen

The inspection teams found the kitchen area to be highly unhygienic, with broken and patchy flooring and unclean walls.

Under ‘Eat Right Campus’ certification, which is a nation-wide programme, benchmarks have been created on four different parameters based on which campuses are evaluated and certified

In a recent alarming trend, the FSSAI came across instances where plastic sheets were utilized in the steaming process of idlis in Bengaluru

Karnataka Food Safety Department found that 52 hotels were using polythene sheets to prepare idlis

GS Rana and his friend Suresh said they had gone to Minerva Hotel located in Tourism Plaza and ordered sambar rice in the lunch hours. However, they allege finding a cockroach in the dish served to them and brought it to the notice of the hotel management

The food safety teams of Commissioner of Food Safety have detected a large number of violations at Shahi Dastarkhan, Badeymiyan Kabab and Khan-E-Khas, all well known Food Business Operators (FBOs) at Lakdikapul area during inspections that were taken-up on Tuesday and Wednesday.