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The Cold Chain Breakdown: How Food Safety Is Put at Risk
- A to Z, Food Hygiene, Food Safety, Health & Wellness, News
- October 22, 2026
Perishable foods such as dairy products, meat, fish, and frozen foods require appropriate temperature control to maintain their safety and quality. However, keeping food cold at one stage is not enough. Temperature control must continue throughout storage, handling, transportation, and distribution. When this cold chain breaks, food may be exposed to conditions that encourage microbial
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FSSAI Mandates Safe Temperatures for Perishable Foods
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- October 19, 2026
Key Update The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has directed food businesses to maintain appropriate temperatures when storing and transporting perishable food products throughout the supply chain. It has also instructed state food safety authorities to step up vigilance and take action against violations. Temperature Abuse Raises Food Safety Concerns In an
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Toxic Chromium in Nashik Water Raises Safety Concerns Ahead of Kumbh Mela
- A to Z, Food Hygiene, Food Safety, General, News
- October 19, 2026
Key Update A laboratory report has detected chromium levels more than 1,000 times the permissible drinking water limit in samples collected near Nashik’s Ambad industrial area. The findings have raised public health concerns ahead of the 2027 Kumbh Mela, prompting the Maharashtra government to direct officials to act against industries responsible for pollution. The analysis
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FSSAI Flags Horlicks Birth Weight Claims, Questions Nestlé’s Product Compliance
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- October 19, 2026
Key Update The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued notices to Hindustan Unilever (HUL) and Nestlé India over alleged regulatory violations involving two products. The regulator questioned birth-weight-related claims on Horlicks Mother’s Plus Kesar and flagged approval and labelling issues with Nestlé’s Resource Renal nutritional powder. FSSAI Questions Birth Weight Claims
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