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Empire Restaurant in Benagluru Faces Trouble as Tests Confirm Banned Food Colours 0
- A to Z, Event, Food Hygiene, Food Safety, Health & Wellness, News
- July 30, 2025
Key Development Bengaluru’s popular Empire restaurant chain, already under the scanner for serving unsafe chicken kebabs, now faces deeper scrutiny as lab reports confirm the presence of banned food colours in its dishes. The State Food Laboratory has found Sunset Yellow—a synthetic food dye banned in kebabs by the Karnataka government—in samples collected from multiple
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Eight-Year-Old Dies, 34 Hospitalized in Chhattisgarh Food Poisoning Case 0
- A to Z, Food Safety, Health & Wellness, News
- December 12, 2024
Report An eight-year-old girl died late Monday night, just hours after she and 34 other students from a government-funded residential school in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh, were hospitalized due to suspected food poisoning. Early Monday morning, students at Rukhmini Ashram School in Dhanora village reported stomach aches and nausea. By morning, 35 students were taken to
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Egg Safety Row: Karnataka Minister Urges Calm, Orders Fresh Tests 0
- Blog, Food Hygiene, Food Safety, Health & Wellness, News
- December 15, 2025
Key Update Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao urged the public on Sunday to stay calm and verify facts amid social media claims that a popular egg brand contains cancer-causing substances. He said these posts have created unnecessary panic about egg safety and advised people to continue consuming eggs safely while authorities verify the information.
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EFSA Provides New Guidelines for Novel Food Applications 0
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- October 1, 2024
Introduction The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has issued new guidelines for novel food applications, set to take effect in February 2025. These guidelines apply to all new food submissions, including cell-cultured foods and novel food compounds. Analysis The updated guidance reflects changes in the EU’s legal framework for novel foods, which was first introduced
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Edible Oil Units Must Register Under Amended VOPPA Order, 2025 0
- A to Z, Food Hygiene, Food Safety, Health & Wellness, News
- October 27, 2025
Key Update The Department of Food and Public Distribution, under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, has made registration mandatory for all edible oil manufacturers, processors, blenders, re-packers, and other stakeholders under the amended Vegetable Oil Products, Production and Availability (Regulation) Order, 2011 (VOPPA). The amendment, notified in 2025, requires every unit in the edible oil
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Edible Oil Sector Faces Action for VOPPA Non-Compliance 0
- A to Z, Food Hygiene, Food Safety, News
- January 27, 2026
Key Update The Government of India has tightened oversight of the edible oil sector by issuing show-cause notices to several large edible oil companies for violating the amended Vegetable Oil Products Production and Availability (Regulation) Order, 2025 (VOPPA Order, 2025). Authorities took action after inspections revealed repeated failures to submit mandatory monthly returns. VOPPA Mandates
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