Food Manifest 





Report The Uttarakhand government has taken a firm stance against food adulteration. The Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) issued a comprehensive Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) that imposes fines ranging from Rs 25,000 to Rs 1 lakh on offenders. FSDA Commissioner R Rajesh Kumar recently reported a surge in food and beverage contamination cases across
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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
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Report To combat the rising incidents of spitting and urine contamination in food, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and the Uttar Pradesh government will implement two new regulations targeting unhygienic food practices. The upcoming Prevention of False and Anti-Harmony Activities and Spitting Prohibition Ordinance 2024, along with the UP Prevention of Contamination in Food (Consumer Right
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Report Experts warned the FSSAI in a letter that removing the cautionary label, mandated after a scientific evaluation, “puts individuals with these genetic blood disorders at risk of harm to their health and overall well-being.” Health experts urged India’s top food regulatory body to revoke its order to remove the required warning label on iron-fortified
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Report The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations will host a hybrid technical seminar on artificial intelligence (AI) for food safety on November 6, 2024. FAO will hold the event at its headquarters in Rome, Italy, and broadcast it via Microsoft Teams. Interested participants can register to join the online stream. Highlights
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