India's 2026 food-safety crackdown is four separate stories that arrived together: an alleged Navi Mumbai fake-label operation on genuine branded snacks (Mahar…
Parliament enacted the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, consolidating older food laws into one statute and creating the legal basis for a single national regulator,…
FSSAI's West Region office directed manufacturers and food service establishments to name cheese analogues accurately and disclose their use, stating that selling cheese…
Officials raided hotels, pubs and restaurants across Bengaluru, seizing or destroying 132 kg of food including rotten chicken and beef, expired dairy and reused cooking…
The National Human Rights Commission sought clarification from FSSAI on analogue paneer's regulatory status and safety testing, and asked every state for enforcement dat…
A six-day investigation at a warehouse run by Sadhana Enterprises allegedly found chemicals and printing machines used to erase and replace dates on branded snacks and d…
Under Supreme Court pressure, FSSAI proposed red hexagonal warnings reading "HIGH FAT," "HIGH SUGAR," "HIGH SALT" or "HIGHLY SWEETENED BEVERAGE" for packaged food and dr…
FSSAI alleges unsafe reprocessing of broken noodles into bhujia and predated packaging at a CG Foods India (Wai-Wai) facility. 32,107.2 kg was seized and 1,925 boxes of…
The Supreme Court is scheduled to review FSSAI's front-of-pack warning proposal, after telling the regulator its earlier hearing was its "last chance" to finalise a fram…
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