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- India
FIR against Reliance Consumer director, 9 others over expired food stock
Mumbai: Police have filed an FIR against a Reliance Consumer Products director and nine others after the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seized food stock worth Rs 48 lakh during a…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Hospitals to include drug purchase price in bills
Bengaluru: Hospitals across Karnataka will have to disclose the purchase prices of medicines in bills issued to patients from November 1, following a new directive from the state’s Food and Drug Administration…
- Hyderabad
US FDA puts Hyderabad firm’s rice on pesticide import alert
Hyderabad: A Hyderabad-based rice exporter’s products can now be held at United States ports without inspection, after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) flagged them over residues of the pesticide chlorpyrifos.…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad spice exporter faces second US FDA import alert
Hyderabad: A Hyderabad-based food exporter that advertises its facility as “USFDA Compliant” has been placed on a United States import alert for the second time in about 15 months, this time due…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: 16 licences cancelled over suspected fake drug supply
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Food Safety and Drugs Administration (FDA) has cancelled the licences of 16 pharmacies and suspended eight more as part of action against establishments allegedly linked to the distribution of…
- Bangalore
Hospital pharmacies, drug distributors come under FDA scanner
Bengaluru: The alleged fake drug racket has widened the regulatory scrutiny of hospitals and medicine suppliers, with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) taking action against pharmacies and examining the role of…
- India
Delhi HC rejects Vimal Elaichi’s plea against notice to actors
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday, September 14, dismissed a plea filed by the makers of Vimal Elaichi seeking to quash show-cause notices issued to its brand ambassadors – Shah…
- Delhi
Vimal Elaichi moves HC over notice to SRK, Ajay Devgn, Tiger
New Delhi: The makers of Vimal Elaichi, PB Agro, have moved the Delhi High Court to seek directions to remove show-cause notices sent by the Maharashtra Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) to…
- India
Swiggy launches helpline for food safety concerns
New Delhi: Swiggy on Monday, September 7, announced the launch of a dedicated helpline along with a ‘Food Safety’ channel within its in-app Help section for customers to report any food safety-related…
- Bangalore
FDA raids e-comm warehouses in Bengaluru, seizes Rs 4L medicines
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Food Safety and Drugs Control Department conducted simultaneous raids on warehouses operated by e-commerce company Amazon in Bengaluru Urban and Bengaluru Rural districts for allegedly storing medicines without the…
- News
Karnataka: Amazon, Swiggy licences suspended over datura sale
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has suspended food licences granted to e-commerce platforms Amazon, Swiggy, Instamart and BigBasket for selling toxic datura fruit and its seeds as edible products. The Food Safety and…
- Sports
‘Do cricketers know?’: Bombay HC on MCA’s ‘non-veg tea’
Mumbai: In a lighter vein, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked if cricketers knew they were consuming “non-vegetarian tea” while ordering the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) to clean its eateries prior…
- India
Pune tops Maharashtra in unhygienic food complaints: FDA
Pune: Pune district has reported the highest number of complaints about unhygienic food in Maharashtra since the state Food and Drug Administration launched a complaint-reporting portal, FDA Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe has said.…
- India
Zepto’s Dharavi warehouse license suspended over lapses in food safety measures
The business license of a Kiranakart Technologies warehouse, the parent company of Zepto, in Dharavi was suspended following an inspection from the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which revealed serious lapses…
- Health
In a first, US FDA approves vaccine for Chikungunya virus
New Delhi: Ixchiq, the first chikungunya vaccine, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for individuals 18 years of age and older who are at increased risk of…
