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Telangana Steps Up Food Safety with Targeted Inspections 0
- A to Z, Food Hygiene, Food Safety, Health & Wellness, News
- January 2, 2026
Key Development Telangana has strengthened food safety enforcement through month-wise inspections of high-risk food categories. Authorities have focused on edible oils, seeds and spices, bakeries, and packaged drinking water units to reduce contamination risks and improve compliance. After completing drives on seeds, spices and edible oils, officials are currently inspecting bakeries and packaged drinking water
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Student Dies in Suspected Food Poisoning Case in Telangana 0
- A to Z, Food Hygiene, Food Safety, New Technology, News
- December 20, 2025
Key Update A suspected food poisoning incident at a state government–run residential school in Telangana has claimed the life of another student on Thursday. Sai Likhitha (14), a Class VIII student of the Telangana Social Welfare Residential School in Pochampad, Nizamabad district, fell critically ill on December 5 after consuming food served on the school
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Gadwal Hostel Food Poisoning Sickens 54 Students 0
- Food Hygiene, Food Safety, Health & Wellness, News
- December 2, 2025
Key Update More than 50 students at the BC Welfare Boys Hostel in Dharmavaram, Gadwal district, Telangana fell sick with food poisoning after eating dinner on Friday (October 31, 2025). Officials rushed 54 students to the Government Hospital. District Collector B.M. Santhosh said doctors discharged 32 students on Saturday morning and expected to discharge the
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Telangana’s E-Commerce Warehouses Fail Safety Check 0

Key Update The Telangana Food Safety Department conducted a two-day special enforcement drive across warehouses operated by leading e-commerce and quick-commerce platforms, including Zepto, Reliance JioMart, Blinkit, BigBasket, Zomato, Swiggy, Flipkart, Amazon and several local operators. The inspection, held on November 25 and 26, aimed to assess how these rapidly growing supply chains are storing

Telangana to Roll Out Unified Hostel System as Food Poisoning Cases Rise 0

Key Update The Telangana state government is preparing to introduce a unified hostel management software after task force committees and institution-level committees failed to curb the rise in food poisoning cases in government-run schools and hostels. Last year, the government created these committees to tackle the growing number of foodborne illness incidents in residential institutions.

TSHRC Probes Food Poisoning that Hospitalised 52 Students in Telangana Hostel 0

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November 4, 2025

Key Development The Telangana State Human Rights Commission (TSHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of media reports on a suspected food poisoning incident at the BC Welfare Boys Hostel in Dharmavaram, under Itikyala mandal in Jogulamba Gadwal district. On November 1, 52 students fell ill after eating dinner at the hostel. Officials said the students