food safety
- Kerala
Kerala steps up Food Safety checks ahead of Onam
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Food Safety Department has stepped up round-the-clock inspections at five border checkposts to ensure the quality and safety of food items arriving in the state during the Onam season,…
- Telangana
Senior IPS officer Avinash Mohanty takes charge of TG SAFE
Hyderabad: Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Avinash Mohanty on Monday, August 17, took charge as the Commissioner of the Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential Drugs (TG SAFE), a new…
- India
Should India remain an underdeveloped country? SC raps Centre
New Delhi: The Supreme Court, while directing the Centre to decide on the visual appearance of the Front-of-Package-Labelling on pre-packaged food products, asked whether India should remain an underdeveloped country. The court…
- Hyderabad
Three Hyderabad eateries flagged in food safety sweep, one shines
Hyderabad: A round of food safety inspections across Hyderabad turned up a mixed bag of results, with a Kondapur cloud kitchen found running a poorly maintained, pest-infested freezer, two other eateries issued…
- Hyderabad
Cobwebs, fungus found at Hyderabad’s Zepto store during food raids
Hyderabad: A food safety raid at a Zepto store in Uppal, Ramanthapur, on Wednesday, August 12, revealed several food safety violations, including an unhygienic cold storage room, ice cream stored in an…
- Bangalore
Karnataka bans gutka, pan masala for one year
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has imposed a one-year statewide ban on the manufacture, storage, transportation, distribution and sale of gutka and pan masala products containing tobacco and nicotine, citing the need to…
- Bangalore
Bengaluru: Rotten meat found during raids on 5 UB City kitchens
Bengaluru: Food safety officials raided the kitchens of five prominent hotels at UB City in Bengaluru and uncovered serious hygiene and food safety violations, including rotten meat, expired food products and improperly…
- Hyderabad
398 Telangana food samples fail tests, but 0 penalties, convictions
Hyderabad: Telangana recorded not a single penalty or conviction for food safety violations in 2025-26, even as 398 of the 3,576 samples tested in the state, 11.1 percent, failed quality checks, according…
- Hyderabad
Food safety violations flagged at Santosh Dhaba in Miyapur
Hyderabad: A food safety raid at a Santosh Dhaba outlet near Miraj Theatre Lane in Miyapur has revealed several violations such as dirty exhaust fans and ceiling, broken wall tiles, and a…
- India
FSSAI prohibits Dabur’s ‘100 pc’ claims on food products
New Delhi: Food regulator FSSAI has prohibited Dabur India from selling many products such as honey, cow ghee, and edible oils using ‘100 per cent’ claims, saying that such labelling is against…
- Hyderabad
Betrayal of trust: why Hyderabad diners are eating out less
Hyderabad: With the Cyberabad Municipal Corporation (CMC) continuing its food safety raids at popular restaurants, customers have begun questioning the lack of hygiene standards at some of their favourite eateries. And as…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad food raids: Few restaurants make reforms, others excuses
Hyderabad: It’s been two months since the Cyberabad Municipal Corporation (CMC) began posting about its food safety raids, and both restaurants and their customers seem to be on edge ever since. As…
- Hyderabad
H-FAST raids snacks unit, discards oil being used for five days
Hyderabad: Over the past few days, Hyderabad Food Adulteration Surveillance Team (H-FAST) conducted raids at several manufacturing units across the city, uncovering unhygienic conditions and unsafe practices. On July 31, a raid…
- India
Flies, dirty equipment: FSSAI suspends license of Switz Foods
New Delhi: Food regulator FSSAI has suspended the licence of Switz Foods Pvt Ltd due to violations of food safety rules at its manufacturing unit. In a social media post on Saturday,…
- Hyderabad
EatClub kitchen license suspended over cockroaches, fake labels
Hyderabad: A central kitchen run by EatClub Brands Pvt. Ltd., which supplies food to outlets operating under the Box8 and MOJO Pizza brands, has had its license suspended after Food Safety officials…
