FSSAI compliance crackdown intensifies food safety scrutiny in India
India’s food regulator is aggressively enforcing compliance, suspending licenses for hygiene violations and pushing for front-of-pack labeling. Operators must prioritize food safety audits and label updates to avoid shutdowns or legal challenges.
From the sources
- NRAI Kolkata brings restaurants and West Bengal Fire and Emergency Services together to address fire safety compliance
- The Flying Biscuit Café to Open in Katy, Texas
- Telangana suspends licences of Swiggy Instamart, Flipkart, Zepto dark stores over food safety violations
- FSSAI suspends Seven Seas Hospitality licence for poor hygiene, safety violations
- FDA now suspends licence of iconic Irani restaurant Kyani, 12 others
- Milind Deora backs FSSAI crackdown, says one year is fair for food cos to shift to new labelling
- SC reserves verdict on FSSAI’s front-of-pack food labelling rules, seeks final submissions
- FSSAI crackdown sparks hiring surge in food safety and compliance
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