Food Manifest 
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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Report The Task Force (South Zone) of the Hyderabad Police Commissioner, working with the Food Safety team, recently raided a tea manufacturing facility in Chandanagar and uncovered large-scale adulteration of tea products. During the operation, authorities seized 130 kgs of packaged adulterated tea powder, 35 kgs of loose adulterated tea powder, and food dyes used
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Report As part of the continuing raid at various food establishments, food safety officials in Hyderabad visited a Zomato Hyperpure warehouse in Kukatpally on October 29, 2024. Hyperpure, Zomato‘s end-to-end supply chain solution for the Hotels, Restaurants, and Caterers industry, provides a range of products, including fruits, vegetables, meat, seafood, gourmet foods, packaging, consumables, and
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Report Food Safety Officers, working with the Special Operations Team (SOT) of Hyderabad City Police, conducted an unannounced inspection and uncovered a major operation involving the adulteration of coconut powder in Begum Bazar, Hyderabad. They seized 60,050 kilograms of adulterated coconut powder valued at approximately ₹92.47 lakh. The inspection targeted Akash Trading Co., where Food
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Key Update The analysis of Environmental Working Group (EWG), a U.S.-based non-profit organisation, finds that hundreds of chemicals have entered U.S. foods without FDA review. Companies have used a loophole in the Generally Recognised As Safe (GRAS) system to self-certify ingredients—known as “secret GRAS” chemicals—without notifying regulators. EWG identified 111 secret GRAS chemicals, 49 of
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