Food Manifest 
Key Update The Food Department launched a major inspection drive in the Upscale Sector 18 market in Noida after receiving repeated complaints about substandard food being sold at premium prices. Food safety teams raided 27 restaurants and food stalls following multiple consumer complaints. During the inspections, officials detected serious hygiene violations across several eateries and
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Key Development As Bihar battles large-scale contamination of water, soil, and foodgrains by arsenic, fluoride, and other toxic elements, a small group of scientists is working to find sustainable solutions. Their research, though limited in scale, is offering a rare ray of hope to communities living with chronic exposure to environmental toxins. Lab Develops Crops
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Key Update The All India Cashew Association has called on the Union Commerce Ministry to intervene immediately to protect the domestic cashew processing sector from a surge in illegal imports of cashew kernels. In a letter to Union Commerce Secretary Rakesh Agrawal, association secretary M. Ramakrishnan said abnormally high raw cashew prices and weak domestic
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Key Development McDonald’s is contesting a class-action lawsuit filed in the Northern District of Illinois that accuses the fast-food chain of misleading customers about the meat used in its McRib sandwich. The plaintiffs allege that despite its name and rib-like shape, the McRib does not contain pork rib meat. In response, McDonald’s said the allegations
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Key Update The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Mumbai ordered the immediate closure of VN Desai Hospital’s in-house canteen after inspectors found it operating with an expired licence and under unhygienic conditions. Managed by a private caterer for years, the canteen continued serving staff and patients’ relatives despite its Food Safety and Standards Authority
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Key Update The Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) has proposed amendments to the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act, 2006, to curb the adulteration of traditional palm-based sweeteners such as karupatti (palm jaggery) and karkandu (palm sugar candy). The move stems from concerns that current food safety norms do not adequately distinguish
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