Food Safety: The Invisible Shield Protecting Your Health
- A to Z, Food Hygiene, Food Safety, General, Health & Wellness
- June 5, 2026
Food Manifest Every day, we make countless choices about the food we eat. We buy groceries, cook meals, dine at restaurants, and order food online—often without thinking about safety. Yet, food safety is one of the most important factors that determines our health and well-being. Safe and nutritious food is essential for life. When food becomes contaminated
READ MOREKey Update The Hyderabad Food Adulteration and Safety Task Force (H-FAST), along with Food Safety officials and Habeebnagar Police, raided an alleged illegal chocolate manufacturing unit in Old Mallepally and seized more than 200 kg of chocolates during a food safety enforcement operation. During the inspection, officials reportedly found expired flavouring agents and essences being
READ MOREKey Update The Uttar Pradesh Food Safety and Drug Administration (UPFSDA) has seized suspected substandard and expired food products worth more than ₹7 lakh during a major enforcement drive in the industrial area of Sahibabad in Ghaziabad. Acting under a food safety initiative supported by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), officials
READ MOREKey Update The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has introduced a standardised vegan logo that will become mandatory on all approved vegan food packages from July 1, 2027. The initiative aims to create a uniform national identity for vegan products and help consumers easily distinguish them from conventional foods that contain ingredients
READ MOREKey Update Children under the age of five are nearly three times more likely to fall ill from unsafe food than older children and adults, according to new estimates released by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Although they account for only 9% of the global population, young children suffer nearly one-third of all foodborne disease
READ MOREKey Update Food safety officials in Andhra Pradesh’s NTR district inspected the McDonald’s outlet in Gurunanak Colony, Vijayawada, on Friday after receiving a consumer complaint alleging the outlet had served stale corn. Officials Seize and Destroy Stale Corn NTR District Assistant Food Controller B. Srinivas said the inspection team seized around eight cups of stale
READ MOREKey Update The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has sought an explanation from quick-commerce platform Blinkit after receiving a complaint from a consumer who allegedly fell ill after consuming curd purchased through the app, according to sources. Consumer Complaint Triggers Regulatory Action According to sources, a consumer submitted a written complaint to
READ MOREKey Update A new study has found that beta-carotene, the pigment that gives carrots their orange colour, could help adulterated fats mimic cow ghee and potentially bypass a commonly used authenticity test. Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, showed that palm oil and lard (rendered pig fat) can imitate the
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