Food Manifest 
Report In a coordinated operation across 29 European countries, Europol, along with food regulatory agencies and local authorities, recently seized over 22,000 tonnes of fraudulent food and 850,000 litres of counterfeit alcoholic beverages. This extensive initiative, known as OPSON XIII, marks Europol’s most recent attempt to dismantle organized crime rings involved in food fraud—a growing
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Key Development Ahead of the Pongal festival, officials from the Food Safety Division seized around one tonne of adulterated jaggery during a surprise inspection at shops and warehouses in the Vellore wholesale market on Tuesday. The inspection targeted high-volume jaggery trading zones in British-era market lanes, where demand rises sharply during festivals such as Pongal
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Report The Indian government is creating a national registry of accredited testing laboratories to streamline export procedures and reduce transaction costs. By digitising the lab testing process, the government aims to minimise delays in cargo clearance and improve the efficiency of international trade. The new integrated platform will allow exporters to submit testing requests
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Report On World Cancer Day, IMA oncologists warned that various factors contribute to cancer, with contaminated food being a significant risk. Dr S K Kundu, an oncologist, emphasized the urgent need for laws that impose severe penalties on vendors selling food prepared in unsanitary conditions. He criticized street food vendors’ widespread use of cheap and
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Report Oman Food Safety and Quality Centre has warned the public against consuming Happy Candy Cola F!zz, a cola-flavoured sweet manufactured by Haribo GmbH & Co. KG in Germany. Authorities suspect the candy contains cannabis, a psychoactive substance banned in Oman. The Centre issued the advisory after the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety
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