food safety
- Hyderabad
GHMC raids sweet shops in Hyderabad, seizes 25 kg stock
Hyderabad: The Food Safety Wing of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Tuesday, March 24, conducted a raid across 18 confectionery shops in the city and seized 25 kg of material…
- Hyderabad
Illegal samosa unit busted in Hyderabad; Unhygienic stock worth Rs 5 L seized
Hyderabad: In a significant crackdown on unsafe food practices, the Task Force of Hyderabad City Police has busted an illegal samosa manufacturing unit operating under highly unhygienic conditions in Jiyaguda. The operation…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: 800 kg stale chicken seized in GHMC task force raid
Hyderabad: In a major crackdown on food safety violations, a team of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Task Force conducted a raid on A1 Fresh Chicken Shop located in Parsigutta. During the…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Illegal bottled water unit busted, Rs 55,800 stock seized
Hyderabad: The Flying Squad team of the Commissioner of Food Safety, Telangana, conducted a surprise inspection at a packaged drinking water manufacturing unit in Medchal Malkajgiri district on Saturday, March 14, and…
- Top Stories
300 kg decomposed goat, sheep meat seized in Hyderabad, 1 held
Hyderabad: A 41-year-old businessman was arrested on Tuesday, March 10, for allegedly selling 300 kilograms of decomposed goat and sheep meat in Hyderabad’s Mangalhat. Based on credible information, the Mangalhat police, along…
- Telangana
Holi drive: Food safety teams inspect 140 establishments in Telangana
Hyderabad: In an effort to ensure safe food for consumers during the Holi festival, the Food Safety department, Telangana, conducted a statewide Anti-Adulteration Drive targeting sweets, snacks, and milk products. The inspections…
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Education Commission report: How Telangana’s public schools are falling apart
Hyderabad: The Telangana Education Commission, set up to draft a comprehensive policy covering everything from pre-primary to university level, including technical education, submitted its report to Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on February…
- Hyderabad
Ahead of Eid, Hyderabad police raids substandard vermicelli unit in Jiyaguda
Hyderabad: Task Force sleuths, along with Kulsumpura police, on Saturday, February 28, raided a warehouse in Jiyaguda and arrested one person for manufacturing substandard fenia/phenia (vermicelli) and seized material worth Rs 3.98…
- Hyderabad
GHMC Act to be scrapped: Soon, a new Core Urban Act to govern Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s municipalities are headed for a significant administrative overhaul, with Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Friday, February 27, announcing that the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Act will be replaced with…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia bans poultry, egg imports from India, 39 other countries
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has imposed a full ban on the import of poultry and table eggs from India and 39 other countries, alongside partial restrictions on specific…
- Hyderabad
Case registered against Attapur sweet shop for selling expired sweets
Hyderabad: A case was registered against Haldiram’s Attapur outlet on Monday, February 16, for allegedly selling expired/fungus-infected sweets, police said. Videos have surfaced on the internet showing boxes of sweets infested with…
- Hyderabad
Food adulteration will be treated as attempt to murder: Hyderabad Commissioner
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Police would have a zero-tolerance policy towards food adulteration and treat it on par with “attempt to murder” as it directly endangers public health, Commissioner VC Sajjanar said on Wednesday,…
- Bangalore
Karnataka govt will verify claims of ‘genotoxic’ substances in egg brand: Minister
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government will verify claims circulating on social media that a particular brand of eggs contains ‘genotoxic substances’ that may cause cancer before taking any further action, Health Minister Dinesh…
- Hyderabad
Food safety flags violations at Zepto, Blinkit and more e-commerce units in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The Commissioner of Food Safety raided several warehouses of e-commerce platforms in Hyderabad and found several violations, including storage methods. As many as 75 warehouses were raided, including Zepto, Reliance Jio…
- Telangana
Unhygienic kitchens, rodent infestations found at highway dhabas in Telangana
Hyderabad: Food safety officials carried out inspections at 12 highway dhabas in Telangana along NH-65 (Hyderabad–Vijayawada), NH-163 (Warangal–Hyderabad) and NH-44 (Kurnool–Hyderabad), and found major violations like expired or spoiled food, synthetic colours…
