Food Manifest Key Development The Government of J&K (Jammu and Kashmir) informed the Assembly that authorities have seized and destroyed more than 12,000 kilograms of rotten and unsafe meat across the Union Territory during the current financial year 2025–26 (up to December 2025). Responding to a question in the House, the Health and Medical Education Department said
READ MOREKey Update Government schools across the UAE have tightened rules on the food students can bring to campus. The move targets sugary sweets, fizzy drinks and other unhealthy snacks that educators say affect behaviour and academic performance. In notices to parents, schools said sugary candies, artificially coloured sugary snacks, flavoured crisps and carbonated drinks are
READ MOREKey Development Patanjali Ayurved has said its honey meets the highest standards of quality and purity after a peer-reviewed study was published in Applied Food Research, an international journal by Elsevier. The company stated that the research provides scientific validation of its long-standing claims on product purity and consumer safety. Company Leadership Responds Managing Director
READ MOREKey Update A new study has raised serious food safety concerns in Kerala after detecting Escherichia coli (E. coli) in 54.17% of retail chicken samples tested across the state. Researchers analysed 600 samples collected between 2019 and 2023 from Kozhikode, Palakkad, Thrissur, Ernakulam, Kollam and Pathanamthitta. The findings point to widespread bacterial contamination in
READ MOREMilk — one of the most basic and daily foods in Indian homes — is now under the spotlight. Viral lab claims and recent police raids have made many people question how safe their everyday milk really is. The debate started after an independent testing platform released a video claiming that some pouch milk samples
READ MOREKey Update Pani puri, one of India’s most beloved and affordable street foods, appeals to people of all age groups. However, repeated concerns about hygiene and food safety continue to trouble consumers, especially as disturbing videos of unhygienic practices circulate on social media. In a shocking incident in Virar in Palghar in Maharashtra, locals allegedly
READ MOREKey Update US federal health officials announced on Tuesday (February 11) that they will reassess the safety of butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), a preservative used in foods such as potato chips, breakfast cereals, frozen meals, and meat products. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a new request for information on BHA and began a
READ MOREKey Update Food safety and legal metrology authorities conducted joint inspections at 16 eateries within the Guntur Municipal Corporation limits in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday and seized 101 kg of stale food. Ten joint teams inspected 12 restaurants, two sweet shops and two bakeries, including Gonguru Restaurant, Bismillah, Mayura, Swagat Delight, 99 Biryani, Al Kabir,
READ MOREKey Update Food safety officers from the Rajasthan health department detected excessive levels of total polar compounds (TPC) in cooking oil during a surprise inspection at a McDonald’s outlet in Gaurav Tower in Jaipur on Monday. Officials stated that the maximum permissible TPC limit for cooking oil is 25%. However, the oil used for non-vegetarian
READ MORE