New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) More than 7,700 complaints related to food adulteration and safety were received in 2024-25, out of which nearly 6,000 have been resolved, the Parliament was informed on Wednesday.In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Consumer Affairs B. L. Verma said consumer complaints about food safety are received through the online portal of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.According to the government data, 4,330 complaints were received in 202…
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Jammu, Feb 13 (IANS) Several MLAs on Friday demanded stronger action, including attachment of property, against those involved inthe rotten meat trade in J&K.National Conference (NC) MLAs Mubarak Gul, Mir Saifullah, Pirzada Farooq Ahmad Shah, and Hasnain Masoodi demanded strict enforcement, stronger preventive measures and even attachment of properties of those involved in the rotten meat trade as they raised the issue through their questions related to food adulteration and sale of rotten m…
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) As many as 12,057 cases were filed against defaulters by anti-food adulteration authorities in 2024-25 after 12,780 samples of milk and milk products were found non-conforming to the standards, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Prataprao Jadhav, in a written reply, said that in 2024-25, a total of 33,405 samples were analysed during action against defaulting food business operators (FBOs).He said the Food Safety an…
Jaipur, Jan 30 (IANS) In a statewide drive against food adulteration being carried out in Rajasthan, the state’s Food Safety Department took major action under the “Pure Food – War on Adulteration” initiative and seized more than 43,000 litres of ghee suspected to be adulterated. Rajasthan Food Safety Commissioner Dr. T. Shubhamangala, on Thursday, told that M/s Giridhar Milk Food Product, located in Shyam Vihar Colony at Machera in Jaipur, manufactures ghee under the brand name ‘Bhog Vinayak’…