Food Manifest 





Report In a significant operation ahead of the festive season in Indore in Madhya Pradesh, food safety officers seized 750 kg of spurious fennel seeds (saunf) suspected to contain harmful colour additives on Thursday. Inspectors confiscated the fennel, reportedly imported from Unjha, Gujarat, during a surprise inspection at Mahalaxmi Traders in Siyaganj. Officials valued the
READ MORE
Report More than 50 people, including women and children, from the Jahangirabad region in Bulandshahr district, Meerut of Uttarpradeesh went to the hospital on Tuesday after suffering food poisoning from a wedding banquet. Authorities confirmed that four individuals remain in critical condition and that medical staff transferred them to the district hospital in Bulandshahr for
READ MORE
Report Over 200 children in Italy fell ill last month after consuming school meals. A total of 224 cases of salmonellosis were reported following an outbreak in several school cafeterias supplied by Qualità&Servizi. The culprit was a dish of farro mixed with cherry tomatoes and pesto served on September 24, which led to Salmonella poisoning
READ MORE
Report In a disturbing case of food contamination, more than 200 children at a kindergarten in Tianshui, northwestern China’s Gansu province, were found with abnormally high levels of lead in their blood. Authorities traced the source to food served at the school, which reportedly contained industrial-grade painting pigments used as dye. The local government
READ MORE
Key Update More than 120 people have fallen ill in Russia’s Siberian republic of Buryatia after consuming contaminated ready-made meals sold by a regional supermarket chain. Local health officials confirmed the outbreak, calling it one of the largest foodborne illness incidents in the region in recent years. Cases Rise Rapidly Russia’s consumer rights watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor,
READ MORE