FDA
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Maharashtra Gives Loose Cooking Oil One More Year Before the Ban
Maharashtra has paused its ban on loose edible oil for a year after an FDA crackdown hit small traders. What changes for kirana shops and buyers now.
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Maharashtra Bans Junk Food Sales Within 50 Metres of Schools
Maharashtra’s FDA has banned chips, chocolates and fried snacks in and around every school in the state, with FSSAI licensing now compulsory for canteens.
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Maharashtra’s School-Zone Energy Drink Ban Leans on Enforcement It Hasn’t Built
Maharashtra has barred energy drink sales within 500 metres of schools after MLAs raised alarm, but the FDA’s plan relies on inspectors and labs the state hasn’t scaled up.
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Aurangabad’s Gutkha Mafia Attacks FDA Officials in Midnight Raid
Maharashtra FDA’s crackdown on illegal gutkha reaches Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, where mafia operatives attacked officials during a midnight raid in June 2026.