Maharashtra has prohibited the sale, advertising, and free distribution of HFSS foods within 50 metres of schools to address rising childhood obesity. While health experts support the move, concerns remain over enforcement, informal vendors, and the effectiveness of complementary measures such as front-of-package nutrition labeling.
India’s food safety system faces growing challenges as quick commerce expands and food adulteration persists. While FSSAI has strengthened inspections and testing infrastructure, uneven state-level enforcement and delayed regulatory reforms continue to raise concerns over food safety and consumer protection.
India’s food safety situation is at a crossroads. This regulatory architecture has been constructed over almost two decades and is supported by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), but is that it is being enforced on par with the scale and complexity of India’s food system, or are there a slew of…
June 2026. In Rajanna Sircilla district, over 30 people more than half of them children were hospitalised after eating pani puri from a street vendor in KCR Nagar colony. The vendor was arrested. Weeks before that, in Sangareddy, between 23 and 45 students at a government primary school fell violently ill after being served leftover…
Two fruit vendors in Mumbai were arrested after a viral video showed rat poison applied to fruits, triggering serious food safety and public health concerns. Authorities booked the accused under IPC Sections 272 and 273 and the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. Key Highlights of the Incident • Viral video showed vendors applying rat…
When the FSSAI’s order in October 2025 banned the use of “ORS” on any beverage or product that is not in accordance with the formula of WHO’s standard Oral Rehydration Solution, it marked a concrete step toward the check on misleading labeling. While all attention was focused on the Delhi High Court’s decision upholding the…
Back in 1971, amid the chaos of Bangladesh’s fight for independence, refugee camps overflowed with families fleeing violence. Cholera swept through like a storm, dehydrating and killing thousands of children in hours. That’s when Dr. Dilip Mahalanabis, a pediatrician from Kolkata, made history. Working in those muddy camps, he whipped up a basic mix of…
