Food Hygiene Archives

Prayagraj Traders Hit with ₹15.8L Fines for Unsafe Food 0

Key Update After intensifying its enforcement drive across the city during the festive season, the Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) in Prayagraj fined 20 traders a total of ₹15.80 lakh for selling adulterated, substandard, or misbranded food products. Multiple Food Samples Fail Quality Tests Officials collected samples of singhada flour, gram flour, papad, rusk,

Rotten Apples Seized; Srivilliputtur Fruit Shops Pulled Up for Violations 0

Key Update Food safety officials in Srivilliputtur, near Madurai, seized 82 kilograms of rotten apples from a private fruit vendor’s godown on Friday and immediately destroyed the unsafe stock at the municipal yard to keep it out of the market. Raid Exposes Unlicensed Outlets Officials inspected five other shops run by the same vendor on

Food Safety Lapses Sickens Students at JNV Shillong 0

Key Development The Jaintia Students’ Union (JSU) has raised alarms over “hazardous” conditions at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) Shillong in Meghalaya after 59 students fell ill with diarrhoea and vomiting since November 22. The Union has given school authorities a 15-day deadline to address the food safety and hygiene issues. JSU, led by education secretary Khynroo

TN Orders Mandatory Enteric Fever Vaccination for All Hotel Staff 0
- A to Z, Food Laws, General, Health & Wellness, News
- November 26, 2025
Key Development The Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) has ordered every hotel in the State to ensure that all employees—cooks, food handlers, kitchen assistants, and serving staff—receive mandatory enteric fever (typhoid) vaccination. The directive aims to curb infection risks and strengthen public health protection. Mandatory Vaccination and Certification The FSDA has instructed
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MCD Issues Show-Cause Notice to NGO Over Food Safety Violations 0
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- November 25, 2025
Key Development The Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s Education Department has issued a show-cause notice to Rao Raghubur Singh Sewa Samiti, the NGO responsible for supplying mid-day meals to MCD primary schools in Kalkaji’s B-Block, after inspectors found major food safety violations and lapses in operational norms. Surprise Inspection Reveals Major Lapses Amit Kharkhari, Chairman of
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Ranchi’s Street Food Under Scrutiny: Hygiene Gaps Put Public at Risk 0
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- November 24, 2025
Key Development Jharkhand’s capital, Ranchi, enjoys its favourite street food corners, but these spots carry a hidden health cost. Inspections at Kutchery Chowk, Lalpur and Albert Ekka Chowk uncovered routine violations of FSSAI hygiene rules. Vendors cooked with bare hands, handled money and utensils simultaneously, and operated beside garbage piles, stagnant water and overflowing drains—conditions
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