food safety
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Café Mondegar Loses Food Licence as FDA Widens Mumbai Checks
Maharashtra’s FDA suspended licences of Café Mondegar and three other Mumbai outlets. What inspectors found, and what diners should check before Navratri.
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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 FDA Launches AI Portal to Speed Up Food Safety Complaints
Maharashtra FDA’s new AI grievance portal lets citizens report food and drug violations by voice in three languages, with auto-escalation built in.
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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.