Safety Alert: FSSAI Crackdown Uncovers Recycled Cooking Oil in Coimbatore
- Food Hygiene, Food Safety, News
- October 30, 2024
Food Manifest 
Key Update Food Safety Officers seized 13.5 tonnes of adulterated tea powder worth ₹21.60 lakh from a tea adulteration unit in Amathur village near Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, on Saturday. The action followed a tip-off, prompting a surprise inspection by a team led by Designated Food Safety Officer S. Mariyappan. During the first check at a
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Key Update Food Safety Officers closed two supermarkets and a sweet shop in Sivakasi after finding that they were operating without the mandatory food safety licence. The action followed a surprise inspection led by Virudhunagar District Designated Food Safety Officer S. Mariappan. During checks at supermarkets on Chairman Shanmugam Road, officials seized 4 kg of
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Key Update The Economic Survey 2025–26 has, for the first time, categorised obesity and unhealthy diets as economic risks rather than only public health concerns. It warns that rising obesity levels could weaken productivity, increase healthcare expenditure and place long-term pressure on public finances. Ultra-processed foods are driving unhealthy diets A major factor behind the
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Key Update The Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (Milma) has partnered with the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) to set up a food testing laboratory in Kochi, strengthening testing infrastructure for the dairy and food sectors in the region. The facility, operating under NDDB CALF (Centre for Analysis and Learning in Livestock and Food), will
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