food adulteration

New Delhi, April 10 Amid internal divisions within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha shared a message on Instagram on Friday, asserting that his parliamentary work would speak for itself.On the social media platform Instagram, Chadha posted a video and wrote, “With...

The National Human Rights Commission held a meeting of its Core Group on the Right to Food and Nutrition in New Delhi today. The meeting focused on the theme "Combating Food Adulteration in India: Understanding the Scale, Challenges, and Reforms." NHRC Chairperson Justice V. Ramasubramanian...

New Delhi, April 7 A NHRC core group on the Right to Food and Nutrition has recommended setting up a multi-sectoral surveillance system and a robust framework to investigate food samples in a time-bound manner, and developing cost-effective AI tools to enable "real-time monitoring" of its...

Hyderabad, April 6 Telangana Health Minister C Damodar Rajanarasimha said on Monday that the state government will establish a special mechanism to check food adulteration and take tough measures against those involved in it.The proposed measures include invoking the provisions of the...

Hyderabad, April 3 – The Hyderabad Food Adulteration Surveillance Team (H-FAST), a special unit of the Hyderabad Police tasked with checking food adulteration, is maintaining a strict watch on the sale of chemically ripened mangoes.Hyderabad Police Commissioner V. C. Sajjanar, who heads...

New Delhi, April 3 Raghav Chadha, who has been a Rajya Sabha MP since April 2022, is known for highlighting the everyday problems faced by ordinary citizens. His interventions in the Upper House have often gone viral for focusing on practical public grievances rather than routine political...

Hyderabad, April 2 – Continuing its crackdown on adulterated and unhygienic food, the Hyderabad police seized 12 tonnes of sheep and goat meat worth Rs 10 lakh during a raid on a stall on Thursday.The officers from the Commissioner’s Task Force, Golconda team, conducted a joint operation with...

Hyderabad, March 30 – Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy announced on Monday that the state government would introduce a special mechanism to curb food adulteration.Expressing concern over the growing problem of food adulteration, he said the proposed system would be similar to the...

Mumbai, March 23 – Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Minister Narhari Zirwal stated in the State Legislative Council on Monday that to strengthen food security in the state, inspection drives will be expanded, and those involved in food adulteration will face action under the...

New Delhi, March 17 During the period from 2022-23 to 2024-25, officials from the food safety departments of respective states and Union territories, as well as the regional offices of FSSAI, analyzed more than 5.18 lakh food samples, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday.During this period...

New Delhi, March 17. Surveillance drives, inspections, and random sampling of food products conducted by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) have resulted in the analysis of 5,18,559 samples, leading to 88,192 penalties and 3,614 convictions, the government said on Tuesday...

Bhopal, March 16 The Enforcement Directorate said on Monday that it has arrested the owner and managing director of a food company based in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly selling "adulterated" dairy products.Kishan Modi of Jayshri Gayatri Food Products Pvt. Ltd. (JGFPPL) was taken into custody...

Mumbai, March 12 Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration Minister Narhari Zirwal said on Thursday that the department has intensified inspections across the state to curb food adulteration and is taking steps to improve testing infrastructure.Responding to a discussion during Question Hour...

Chandigarh, March 5 Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh announced on Thursday the launch of a targeted campaign for food testing, stating that the government would leave no stone unturned in providing "Shudh Ann" (pure food) to the people of the state.Singh was chairing a meeting with senior...

Hyderabad, February 28 The Telangana government has decided to replace the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act with a Core Urban Act.The proposed legislation will be enforced in the three municipal corporations of Cyberabad, Malkajgiri, and Greater Hyderabad, which were recently carved...

New Delhi, February 26 – In light of the ongoing festive season and ahead of Holi, the Delhi government's Food Safety Department conducted a enforcement drive, collecting 66 food samples, including those of paneer, khoya, and pulses, an official said on Thursday.Delhi Health Minister Pankaj...

New Delhi, February 26 The Delhi government's food safety department collected 66 food samples during a special drive on Thursday, following instructions from Health Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh.The department has intensified food safety drives across the national capital ahead of Holi...

Rajamahendravaram (Andhra Pradesh), February 23 Four people died in the last 48 hours after allegedly consuming adulterated milk supplied by an unauthorized vendor here in East Godavari district, police said on Monday.While two persons died on Sunday, two others died today."Four persons died...

JK Government Conducts Special Drives Against Unsafe MeatHealth Minister Sakeena Itoo said that the Health Department conducted special enforcement drives across all districts of Jammu and Kashmir in response to reports of the sale and seizure of rotten or unsafe meat in the Kashmir Valley...

Jammu, February 13 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather urged the government on Friday to strengthen the legal framework to combat food adulteration, as members voiced concern over a large-scale seizure of rotten meat and substandard cheese across the Union Territory...