food safety

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...

Jalna, Apr 3 Meat worth Rs 4.34 crore seized from three trucks in Jalna on suspicion that it was beef has been confirmed as buffalo meat after analysis by a laboratory in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, a police official said on Friday.Following this, the consignment comprising 83,988 kilograms of...

New Delhi, April 3 Police have busted a racket of repackaging and circulating expired food and beverage products in Dwarka, arresting three men and seizing a large consignment of items from multinational brands with forged manufacturing and expiry dates, an official said on Friday.Police said...

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...

Surat, Apr 2 A month after 1,400 kilograms of paneer was seized in Surat, Gujarat, and later found to be adulterated, police have filed a case against the supplier, an official said on Thursday.The paneer was seized following a raid conducted in the first week of March at a unit located in...

Bhavnagar, April 2 Approximately 200 people, including schoolchildren, fell ill due to suspected food poisoning in two separate incidents in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, officials said on Thursday.Several of them were rushed to nearby government hospitals and discharged after treatment...

Bengaluru, March 29 Nearly 60 people fell ill after consuming Ram Navami 'prasad' (consecrated offering) in Bengaluru Rural district, officials said on Sunday.According to officials, about 400 people had consumed the Prasad on Saturday, and many of them started complaining of stomach pain...

New Delhi, March 29 Delhi Police has arrested a man and busted an illegal unit manufacturing fake protein supplements in Rani Khera village in outer Delhi, officials said on Sunday.The accused, identified as Naveen Kumar alias Banjara, 32, a resident of Haryana, was arrested.Police said the...

Barabanki (UP), March 29 More than 30 people, including children and the elderly, were hospitalised due to suspected food poisoning after consuming non-vegetarian dishes at a wedding ceremony here, officials said on Sunday.The incident occurred on Saturday evening in the Lalapur locality of...

New Delhi, March 27 The IRCTC said on Friday that it has summoned Amul, a leading dairy brand, to seek its response after live worms were allegedly found in its packaged yogurt served to a passenger on the Patna–Tatanagar Vande Bharat Express.The corporation's action follows a reprimand from...

Mumbai, March 27 Actress Saba Azad has been hospitalized after contracting cyclosporiasis, a parasitic infection.Saba said that even during these challenging times, her boyfriend Hrithik Roshan has been keeping her spirits up.The actress of "Who's Your Gynac?" revealed that she has lost 4...

Noida, March 26 At least 10 people, nine of whom were from one family, fell ill after allegedly consuming momos from a nearby shop in the Dadri area of Gautam Buddh Nagar district, officials said on Thursday.The affected individuals complained of stomach pain, fever, and vomiting and were...

Sehore, March 26 More than 150 people fell ill after eating a wedding meal in Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh, with food poisoning suspected to be the cause, officials said on Thursday.All those admitted to local hospitals were in stable condition, they said.Around 1,200 people were present...

New Delhi, March 24 Union Food Processing Industries Minister Chirag Paswan called for closer collaboration between the industry, regulatory bodies, and research institutions to promote sustainable growth in the food processing sector.Paswan was speaking at the conference on ‘Eco-Inclusive...

On Monday, Meghalaya intensified its efforts to establish a science-based food safety system, with Health Minister Wailadmiki Shylla emphasizing that strong laboratories, skilled personnel, and coordinated efforts are crucial. Shylla was speaking at a technical session at the State Food Testing...

Tiruppur (Tamil Nadu), March 22 At least 40 people fell ill, with four in critical condition, after allegedly consuming adulterated toddy laced with sedative pills in the Gundadam area of Tiruppur district, police said on Sunday.The victims, mostly local farm laborers, complained of severe...

Tirupati, March 21 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu visited the Sri Venkateswara temple here on Saturday, accompanied by family members on the occasion of his grandson's birthday."Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and his family visited the Sri Venkateswara Swamy. The family of...

Baghpat/Bareilly (UP), March 20 Nearly 85 people, including an additional district magistrate, fell ill after consuming 'kuttu ka atta' (buckwheat flour) in Baghpat, Bijnor, Bareilly, and Bulandshahr districts of Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Friday.'Kuttu ka atta' is typically consumed...

Amaravati, March 20 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will inaugurate a state-of-the-art food laboratory in Tirumala on Saturday to ensure stringent quality checks and maintain transparency in supplies.Naidu arrived in Tirumala on Friday as part of his two-day visit to the...

Baghpat/Bijnor/Bulandshahr (UP), March 20 Nearly 85 people, including an additional district magistrate, fell ill after consuming 'kuttu ka atta' (buckwheat flour) – typically consumed during fasting rituals – in the districts of Baghpat, Bijnor, and Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh, officials said...