South India Leads Nation in Food Safety, Records Just 13% Failure Rate0

• A to Z, Food Hygiene, Food Safety, Health & Wellness, News
• August 27, 2025

Overview South India has outperformed the rest of the country in food safety compliance over the past five years. Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the five southern states recorded a food safety failure rate of just 13.2%—less than half the national average of 27.5%, according to data tabled in Parliament. Officials detected 32,465 violations in the