Food Manifest 
Key Update The FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) has streamlined its import clearance process to reduce delays at ports and improve the quality of food reaching consumers. The revised system aims to make procedures faster and more efficient while maintaining strict food safety standards. The authority has introduced key changes to make
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Report Final-year students from Manjeri Medical College have uncovered a troubling link between eating habits and early deaths in young people. Their research, titled the Organ Sudden Death Study, focused on individuals under 39 and found that frequent fast food consumption played a major role in unnatural deaths, particularly heart attacks. Study at a Glance
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Report In a video that’s now clocked over 2 million views on Instagram, a Zepto customer shocked viewers by revealing dead ants in her Maggi noodles that were ordered from Zepto Cafe, the company’s 10-minute quick-service food delivery platform. “Buy 1 Get 1 Free… and Ants?” The video shows four bowls of Maggi noodles, with
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Report The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations will host a hybrid technical seminar on artificial intelligence (AI) for food safety on November 6, 2024. FAO will hold the event at its headquarters in Rome, Italy, and broadcast it via Microsoft Teams. Interested participants can register to join the online stream. Highlights
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Key Update The Delhi Police Crime Branch has seized over one lakh counterfeit ENO antacid sachets and 50,000 fake Nescafé coffee sachets in a major crackdown on a well-organised racket manufacturing fake branded food and healthcare products. Acting on specific inputs, the Cyber Cell and Special Staff (SR), Crime Branch, conducted a raid in Madhu
READ MOREKey Update The CCB (Central Crime Branch) in Bengaluru uncovered a major interstate racket that produced and supplied adulterated ghee disguised as Nandini-branded products. Officers arrested four suspects and seized goods worth ₹1.26 crore. The gang manufactured the adulterated ghee in Tamil Nadu by mixing coconut oil and palm oil. They used automated machines to
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