Overview
- - FSSAI’s February 19 directive ordered a special festive drive targeting sweets, dairy and oils, with states required to upload inspection outcomes to FoSCoS/FoSCoRIS by March 31.
- - Cities including Pune and Indore launched market checks and sampling, with Indore reporting 36 samples from eight outlets for state lab testing.
- - Delhi’s food safety department, acting on ministerial directions, lifted 66 samples across markets and border entry points with a focus on khoya, paneer and pulses.
- - In Gautam Budh Nagar, teams widened inspections to restaurants, manufacturing units and supply vehicles, destroyed about 200 kg of suspect paneer and sent 10 samples for analysis.
- - Lucknow reported seizures of roughly 10,415 kg of suspected adulterated spices and khoya worth about Rs 55.91 lakh and destroyed expired sweets on site, with prosecutions pending lab results.