Food Manifest 
Key Update In another major food adulteration case, officials from the Gujarat Food Safety Department seized more than 3,500 kilograms of contaminated fennel seeds (saunf), during a raid in Unjha, Gujarat. Officials carried out the operation at Ganapati Cleaning Factory after receiving information about alleged adulteration activities at the unit. During the raid, authorities reportedly
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Key Update FSSAI has seized stocks worth over ₹31 lakh of a branded “alkaline water” product after laboratory tests detected fulvic acid, a substance not permitted in packaged drinking water under current food safety regulations. FSSAI acted after a consumer filed a complaint through the Food Safety Connect portal. Following the complaint, officials from the
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Signifiant Update Gujarat reported a major food poisoning outbreak after a wedding feast in Abhlod village, Dahod district, leaving over 400 guests ill, raising serious concerns about food safety at large gatherings. Mass Illness After Wedding Feast Nearly 1,000 guests attended the event and consumed dishes such as paneer curry and mango juice. Within hours,
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Key Development Milk production may appear routine, but a recent investigation in Gujarat has exposed a dangerous reality behind adulterated dairy products. Officials uncovered a factory that had allegedly produced synthetic milk for nearly five years using chemicals instead of pure dairy. On February 8, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) confirmed
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Key Update The Gujarat HC (High Court) issued notices to central and state authorities after a petition alleged that regulators failed to act against the manufacture and sale of substandard compounded cattle feed pellets without mandatory quality certification. Haresh Vadar, a cattle rearer from Junagadh, filed the petition, warning that inferior cattle feed endangers animal
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Key Update More than 100 people, including several women and children, fell ill in Gomta village of Wadhwan, Surendranagar district, Gujarat, on Saturday night after consuming buttermilk (chhas) served during a Vastu Puja (house-warming) ceremony. Resident Mahesh Patel hosted the event to mark the completion of his new house, which around 600 people. Soon after
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