Food Manifest Significant Update Nearly 85 people, including an additional district magistrate, fell ill after consuming kuttu ka atta (buckwheat flour), typically eaten during fasting rituals, in Baghpat, Bijnor and Bulandshahr districts of Uttar Pradesh, officials said. All affected individuals were hospitalised and are now recovering. In Bulandshahr, 39 people fell ill after consuming buckwheat flour in
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Overview Groundwater contamination by arsenic, fluoride, iron, and other toxic elements in several Bihar districts has sharply increased the demand for packaged drinking water over the past decade. Rising health awareness among consumers has further accelerated this shift, leading more households to depend on bottled water. The growing demand has also triggered a rapid expansion
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Significant Update A viral video from Rajasthan has raised concerns about the quality of a frozen dessert sold by Kwality Wall’s. In the video circulating on the social media platform X, a woman shows a tub of the brand’s Fruit & Nut frozen dessert and claims that it contains oil at the bottom. In the
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Significant Update Food served in school and college canteens should be safe and hygienic. However, several incidents reported across India in the past 20 months have raised concerns about food safety in campus kitchens. More than 50 cases of hygiene lapses have surfaced from educational institutions across the country. Students have repeatedly complained about insects,
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Key Update Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated a state-of-the-art Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) laboratory in Tirumala on Saturday. The facility can detect impurities at parts per trillion (PPT) levels, significantly improving food safety monitoring. The laboratory has been established with support from the central government, in coordination with
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Key Update Hyderabad’s Food Adulteration Surveillance Team (H-FAST), along with Kulsumpura Police, raided an illegal samosa manufacturing unit in Jiyaguda during a recent enforcement operation. Officials found that the unit was operating without a valid licence from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). The facility also lacked a trade licence and fire
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