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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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Hotpot Meal Leaves Chinese Woman With 8 cm Oesophageal Ulcer 0
- A to Z, General, Health & Wellness, News
- May 23, 2026
Key Update A recent case from China has raised fresh concerns about safe food consumption habits after a 42-year-old woman developed a severe oesophageal ulcer from eating boiling hotpot food too quickly. The woman, surnamed Wang, from Changsha in Hunan province, reportedly consumed food directly from a boiling hotpot without allowing it to cool during
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Watermelon, Noodles Trigger Food Poisoning Scare in Gorakhpur Family 0
- A to Z, Food Hygiene, Food Safety, Health & Wellness, News
- 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

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.

Vrindavan Crackdown: 200 kg Pedas Seized in Food Safety Drive 0

Key Update The Food Safety Department has intensified enforcement near the Shri Banke Bihari Temple in Vrindavan, Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh, to ensure safe food for devotees during the ongoing ‘Purushottam Mas’ or ‘Adhikmas’ (a holy month in the Hindu Calendar). Acting on directions from the District Magistrate and under the supervision of the Chief

Ranchi Deploys Mobile Food Labs Against Unsafe Street Food 0

Key Update Ranchi’s food safety wing will launch a special inspection drive targeting roadside eateries and street food stalls across the city using mobile food labs or testing laboratory vans. Officials said the campaign will focus on contaminated water, stale ingredients, uncovered food, and unsafe storage practices that commonly trigger food-borne illnesses during the summer