Food Manifest 
Report Kerala Health Minister Veena George announced that the Food Safety Department has ramped up market inspections in preparation for the New Year. Food safety inspectors conducted comprehensive checks to ensure the quality of food products during the busy Christmas and New Year period. A total of 2,861 inspections took place across the state, led
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Key Update The Kerala Health Department has issued an order stating that food items seized during inspections to ensure hygiene and quality in restaurants must not be publicly displayed. The order also instructs officials not to share information about seized substandard food with the media. Secrecy Concerns Inside the Department The directive, issued on October
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Key Update The Kerala High Court has quashed the case registered against the authorities of the Chottanikkara Devi Temple over alleged violations of the Food Safety and Standards Act and the Legal Metrology Act related to the distribution of ‘Neypayasam’. A division bench comprising Justice V Raja Vijayaraghavan and Justice K V Jayakumar passed the
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Report The Kerala Food Safety Department has mandated the use of only food-grade packaging materials for food items, including fritters. This guideline addresses concerns that packing and storing food in newspapers may lead to contamination with toxic substances like lead and ink. The department has issued a notification prohibiting the use of newspapers to package
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Vegetables imported from other states, laced with toxic pesticide residues including carcinogens, threaten public health in Kerala. Health experts warn that eating such contaminated produce daily may fuel Kerala’s rising cancer rates and other chronic diseases. Tests show that many vegetables sold in local markets, supermarkets, and roadside stalls exceed safe pesticide limits, exposing consumers
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