Food Manifest 
Key Development The Health Department in Amritsar has shut down a ghee manufacturing unit on Tarn Taran Road for producing fake desi ghee. After a month-long investigation, officials collected samples from a shop near Gurdwara Shaheeda Sahib, which failed quality tests. Acting on these results, the team raided the unit and discovered vanaspati ghee mixed
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Key Development The Uttar Pradesh Food and Drug Administration (UPFDA) has seized nearly 800 kilograms of unsafe paneer from unauthorised manufacturing units in Agra. This decisive action comes under the state’s ongoing campaign to curb food adulteration and uphold public health standards. Acting on a tip-off, UPFDA officials raided local paneer production units and found
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Key Development The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), working alongside the Ministry of Ayush, has released new instructions for businesses that manufacture Ayurveda Aahara—food products based on the ancient Indian system of medicine. These guidelines fall under the Food Safety and Standards (Ayurveda Aahara) Regulations, 2022, which aim to ensure these products
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Key Development The Indian Vegetable Oil Producers Association (IVPA) has urged the central government to revisit its policy on duty-free refined oil imports from Nepal. The association warns that these imports are flooding northern and northeastern Indian markets, undermining domestic processors and hurting oilseed farmers. IVPA stated that the current import regime allows Nepalese oils
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Key Development India is set to roll out a new regulation in 2025 to modernise how vegetable oils are tracked, reported, and sold. The upcoming Vegetable Oil Products, Production and Availability (VOPPA) Regulation Order will replace the existing 2011 framework. The focus of VOPPA is on food safety, transparency, and digital tracking. Companies will now
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Key Development The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) served notices to 526 storage facilities linked to e-commerce food platforms following 8,143 inspections conducted in 2024–25, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada informed the Rajya Sabha. Over the past two years, FSSAI has conducted five meetings with online food business
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