Food Manifest 





India’s food market is one of the largest and most diverse in the world, and with an ever-growing consumer base, there is an increasing demand for safe, high-quality food products. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) plays a critical role in safeguarding public health by regulating food safety. It ensures that food
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Overview People often discard brown, overly ripe bananas, even though they remain edible. To address this waste, scientists have developed a genetically modified banana with an extended shelf life that resists browning. Tropic, a UK-based biotech firm, created these bananas to stay fresh and yellow for 12 hours after peeling. They also resist browning during
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Report In a bold step to combat plastic pollution, Bengaluru Milk Union (Bamul) has started supplying Nandini milk in biodegradable sachets. Until recently, the dairy cooperative packaged Nandini milk in polythene covers, which take centuries to decompose and cause significant environmental harm. Although the government enforced a plastic ban, it exempted milk packaging due to
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Key Update The Food Safety Department has shut down Shirin Foods, a Payyoli-based establishment in Kozhikode, after discovering it was manufacturing new food products using substandard and mould-infested ingredients. The unit operates on IPC Road. Acting on confidential information, a team led by Balussery Circle Food Safety Officer P.G. Unmesh, along with Koyilandy Food Safety
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Report Pune’s iconic sweet brand Chitale Bandhu Mithaiwale launched an investigation after receiving repeated customer complaints about a change in the taste of their popular Bakarwadi. The brand’s management assigned Nitin Dalvi, personal secretary to partner Indraneel Chitale, to look into the matter. Sweet Shop Owner Misuses Brand Identity Dalvi’s investigation uncovered that Pramod Prabhakar Chitale,
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Key Update An incident at a dhaba in GT Road in Kanpur has sparked outrage after a viral video showed two customers finding a baby lizard baked inside a tandoori roti. In the footage, a customer unwraps a foil-covered stack of rotis and reveals the reptile lodged between the layers. He alleges that his family
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