Food Manifest 
Key Development Jharkhand’s capital, Ranchi, enjoys its favourite street food corners, but these spots carry a hidden health cost. Inspections at Kutchery Chowk, Lalpur and Albert Ekka Chowk uncovered routine violations of FSSAI hygiene rules. Vendors cooked with bare hands, handled money and utensils simultaneously, and operated beside garbage piles, stagnant water and overflowing drains—conditions
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Food License Backlog in Ranchi In Ranchi, approximately 300 food license applications have been pending for over three months, with 100 of these applications coming from suppliers earning less than Rs 12 lakh annually. This delay is causing significant challenges for local vendors. Arvind Kumar, Additional Chief Medical Officer, noted that Ranchi currently has only
READ MOREReport In a major crackdown on food safety violations, officials raided an illegal sauce manufacturing unit in Kamre, Ranchi, Jharkhand, on Tuesday. The Food Safety Officer led the operation with support from Ratu police station personnel. The inspection team discovered that the unit was operating without a valid license, in clear violation of the Food
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Key Update Ranchi’s food safety wing will launch a special inspection drive targeting roadside eateries and street food stalls across the city using mobile food labs or testing laboratory vans. Officials said the campaign will focus on contaminated water, stale ingredients, uncovered food, and unsafe storage practices that commonly trigger food-borne illnesses during the summer
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The cafe, known for its South Indian breakfast, was found to be using expired and unlabeled food items.
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Key Update Police have booked the owners and a senior representative of Rameshwaram Café on charges related to selling unsafe food, criminal conspiracy, and fabricating false evidence, after a customer reported a serious food safety lapse at the café’s Kempegowda International Airport cafe. The FIR—filed on November 29 at the BIAL police station—names owner Raghavendra
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