Food Manifest 
Key Update A joint team of officials raided three banana storage and trading facilities in Alevoor, Udupi, on Thursday after receiving reports of an illegal chemical-ripening operation. The team seized around 5,000 kg of raw bananas worth ₹4 lakh, along with chemicals, artificial colouring agents, ripening equipment and vehicles allegedly used in the operation. Police
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Key Update The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has intensified action against food businesses, suspending the licence of Delhi-based Marche Retail Pvt Ltd for 30 days and ordering Daman-based SDP Industries Pvt Ltd to stop selling its ghee products. The action followed inspections, follow-up scrutiny and laboratory analysis that identified food-safety and
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Gloves have become a familiar sight in restaurants, bakeries, catering units and food-processing facilities. Food handlers use them while preparing, serving or packing food, particularly when they want to avoid direct hand contact. However, gloves provide only an additional barrier. They do not replace one of the most basic food-safety practices: handwashing. The principle is
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Significant Update The Health Department and Kochi Corporation plan to inspect water bottling units after officials detected E. coli in drinking water samples collected during surprise checks at roadside eateries. Officials found E. coli in five samples collected from eateries in Kaloor, Vyttila and Thammanam. They also detected the bacteria in a borewell water sample
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Key Update The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has intensified inspections against unauthorised food and beverage sales on trains and at railway stations, seizing more than 8,000 bottles of unauthorised packaged drinking water during recent enforcement drives. Quick Response Teams Step Up Inspections IRCTC has deployed Quick Response Teams (QRTs) across its zones
READ MOREKey Update The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued more than 150 notices to food companies in recent months over misleading advertisements, false claims and labelling non-compliance. The regulator shared the update on its recent enforcement actions through a social media post, highlighting action against several major food and beverage brands.
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