Food Hygiene Archives

Jharkhand Launches Anti-Tobacco Drive Near Schools 0

Key Update The Health Department in Jharkhand will launch a month-long tobacco control and public awareness campaign across Jharkhand from May 26 to June 26 in connection with World No Tobacco Day, observed annually on May 31. This year’s campaign will follow the theme, “Unmasking the Appeal – Countering Nicotine and Tobacco Addiction.” Shashi Prakash

Dogs Tear Into Chicken Kept for Shawarma; Food Safety Team Shuts Koyilandy Shop 0

Key Update Food Safety officials issued a two-day closure notice to a shawarma shop in Koyilandy in Kozhikode after street dogs attacked chicken that workers had kept outside the shop before opening hours. The incident took place at the Office Shawarma stall located near the old stand in Koyilandy on Tuesday morning. Chicken Kept Outside

Food Safety Team Seizes 1,040 Water Bottles During Inspection in Indore 0

Key Update Food Safety officials seized 1,040 bottles of packaged drinking water during an inspection at the Aqua Wing Packaged Drinking Water unit in Tigaria Rao village, Indore, on Sunday. Authorities inspected the directions of Collector Shivam Verma as part of an ongoing summer drive to monitor the quality of food and beverages sold across

Gutka Ban Exists Only on Paper? Banned Products Still Sold Freely Across Ranchi 0
- A to Z, Food Hygiene, Food Safety, Health & Wellness, News
- May 25, 2026
Key Update Despite the state health, medical education, and family welfare department imposing a complete ban on the manufacture, storage, sale, and distribution of gutka and paan masala products containing tobacco and nicotine, shops across Ranchi, Jharkhand, continue to sell these products openly. On May 4, Ajoy Kumar Singh, the department’s additional chief secretary-cum-state food
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Watermelon, Noodles Trigger Food Poisoning Scare in Gorakhpur Family 0
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- May 23, 2026
key Update A suspected food poisoning incident in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur hospitalised at least nine members of the same family after they allegedly consumed watermelon and noodles at their home in Malav village under the Belipar police station area. The incident reportedly occurred on May 14. Soon after eating, family members, including children and elderly
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Ahmedabad Cracks Down on Fake Paneer, Seizes 1,415 kg of Analogue Paneer 0
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- May 23, 2026
Key Update The health department of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has intensified its crackdown on the sale of “analogue paneer” after discovering that several restaurants and hotels in Ahmedabad were serving it as regular milk paneer. Over the past three months, officials seized 1,415 kg of suspected analogue paneer during inspections across the city.
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