Food Manifest 
Hygiene Violations Prompt Inspection Food safety officials raided Kudpis Foods near Kadri Temple in Mangaluru on Saturday after identifying unhygienic conditions at its food production facility. The team issued a notice to the unit and seized and sealed halwa, date-based products, and other materials prepared or stored under unhygienic conditions. Officials sent samples to a
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Key Update Uttar Pradesh’s Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) has tightened food colouring guidelines, prohibiting vendors from adding colours to chutneys and banning non-food-grade industrial dyes in food products. The move follows concerns over the use of dyes such as Rhodamine B in street foods, sweets and snacks. The guidelines advise vendors to use
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Key Update Kerala’s Food Safety Department destroyed 568 litres of used cooking oil and 7,000 fried snacks during a statewide inspection drive under Operation Thelima 2.0. The operation also led to the suspension of licences of 32 establishments for violating food safety standards, Health Minister K. Muraleedharan announced. On October 27, 56 inspection teams began
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Have you ever opened a packet of biscuits only to find them soft, or noticed an unpleasant smell from a bottle of cooking oil that has been sitting in your kitchen for weeks? Perhaps you have discovered mould on bread that you bought just a few days ago. We often blame these changes on poor-quality
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Key Update The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has imposed a penalty of ₹1 lakh on Britannia Industries Ltd for misleading advertisements that described its bread as “100% Whole Wheat Bread”, although the product contained only 62% wheat flour. In its order dated October 22, the CCPA directed the company to immediately discontinue the advertisement
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Key Update The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for two pesticides in tea: acetamiprid and imidacloprid. The Central Government announced the proposal on October 17, 2026. Earlier, on October 16, the government published the draft Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Amendment Regulations, 2026,
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