Food Manifest 
Key Update Many assume oil is safe as long as it looks clear, but repeated heating triggers chemical changes that reduce its quality and safety. High temperatures, oxygen, moisture, and leftover food particles speed up breakdown. The oil becomes darker, thicker, and loses its smoke point, causing it to burn faster. Even when it looks
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Key Update The Centre has introduced new guidelines for Fortified Rice Kernel (FRK) units, requiring them to produce and stock fortified rice before inspection teams arrive. Officials will collect samples on-site and test them in accredited labs. FCI will procure the rice for the public distribution system only if it passes the standards. Punjab’s rice
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Key Update Food safety officials inspected Shubham Café, a multi-cuisine restaurant on Visakhapatnam Beach Road, and booked a case against it for serving stale food and maintaining unhygienic conditions. Visakhapatnam Assistant Controller of Food Safety Chakravarthy said the team visited the restaurant for the second time on Monday and found serious violations again. Restaurant Stored
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Key Update After intensifying its enforcement drive across the city during the festive season, the Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) in Prayagraj fined 20 traders a total of ₹15.80 lakh for selling adulterated, substandard, or misbranded food products. Multiple Food Samples Fail Quality Tests Officials collected samples of singhada flour, gram flour, papad, rusk,
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Key Update The Food Safety Department launched an oil-testing drive across Sivasagar, a historic Upper Assam town located near Dibrugarh, on Monday. Officials, along with the Food Safety on Wheels (FSW) mobile unit, tested used cooking oil in restaurants by measuring Total Polar Compounds (TPC)—a key marker of oil degradation and related health risks. Officials
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Key Update On Saturday afternoon, customers at Stark Restaurant on Beach Road, Visakhapatnam, were shocked to find a roasted cockroach in their chicken noodles. When they confronted the server, he avoided answering their questions. Restaurant Response and Public Reaction The restaurant in-charge insisted that their kitchen is always clean. He suggested the cockroach may have
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