Health & Wellness Archives

Convenience on a Plate: The Science Behind Ready-to-Eat Foods 0
- A to Z, Food Hygiene, Food Safety, Health & Wellness, News
- April 8, 2026
On busy weekday mornings, many people barely have time to chop vegetables or cook elaborate meals. Opening a packet, adding hot water or reheating food from the freezer often becomes the easiest solution. Ready-to-eat foods, once considered a compromise, are now becoming a regular part of everyday diets. This shift reflects a broader change, driven
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Doctors Warn Against Influencer Promotion of Milk Mixes and Gummies for Children 0
- A to Z, Food Hygiene, Food Safety, Health & Wellness, News
- April 8, 2026
Key Update As the world marked World Health Day with the theme “Together for Health: Stand with Science,” doctors raised concerns about a growing social media trend in which “mom influencers” promote milk or energy mixes and multivitamin gummies as essential for children’s growth. A review of these posts shows that influencers actively promote these
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Centre Mandates Recycled Plastic in Packaging Under New Waste Rules 0
- A to Z, Food Hygiene, Food Safety, Health & Wellness, News
- April 7, 2026
Significant Update The Centre has amended the Plastic Waste Management Rules, making it mandatory for producers, importers, and brand owners to use recycled plastic in packaging. The rules also require them to clearly label and mark packages to indicate the use of recycled content. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change notified the amendments
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Spot the Fake: Eat Right Mela Demonstrates Food Adulteration Tests 0

Significant Update Visitors at the ‘Eat Right Mela’ held at Nature Cure Hospital on Monday (April 6, 2026) in Hyderabad gathered around two interactive stalls set up by the Telangana Food Safety Department. At these stalls, officials demonstrated how sellers often adulterate common food items and showed consumers simple ways to detect such practices. Focus

2,036 Milk Vendors in East Godavari Asked to Obtain FSSAI Licence 0

Key Update The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has made it mandatory for 2,036 milk vendors, suppliers, and dairy units involved in the milk trade in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh to obtain an FSSAI licence. Authorities introduced the rule with immediate effect after 16 consumers died in Rajamahendravaram from

Toxic Oil Alert: Illegal Recycled Cooking Oil Floods Tirupati Food Streets 0

Key Update A hidden network is illegally collecting used cooking oil from hotels and catering units in Tirupati and Tirumala. Middlemen treat the oil with chemicals to remove its dark colour and foul smell, then sell it cheaply to small eateries and roadside vendors instead of sending it to authorised RUCO (Repurpose Used Cooking Oil)