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Indian food safety raids

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The enforcement drive that began with a late‑May spice‑manufacturing raid in Delhi Delhi, where 800 kg of adulterated powders were seized, has broadened into a nationwide crackdown on food fraud and safety violations. After seizing 800 kg of adulterated powders, authorities moved to Delhi and Haryana in mid‑June, confiscating 6,500 L of adulterated ghee and raiding an illegal fast‑food depot near Hyderabad. July focused on meat, seafood in Delhi and broader hygiene breaches: on July 1, Hyderabad’s H‑FAST seized Haryana in mid‑June, authorities moved to Hyderabad, seizing mislabeled beef and decomposed seafood; seafood on July 3, a raid on Westend Corporation uncovered 1, uncovering forged labels and a Rs 20 lakh haul; haul at Westend Corporation on July 17, inspections of Hyderabad bakeries 3, and fast‑food stalls revealed exposing pest infestations, reused oil and synthetic colourants; colourants in bakeries and fast‑food stalls on July 17. Further raids on July 25 and 31 further adulteration of documented adulterated sev, oil, fryums and ginger‑garlic paste was documented. In Avadi, Chennai, the owner of Hyderabad‑based Saroja Caterers was booked after paste, while an Avadi incident linked a dead lizard was found in sambar. In early August 2026, H‑FAST and sambar to a food‑safety officer raided the caterer’s owner. Early August inspections of Twinkal Star Sweet House in Hyderabad, finding staff without hair nets, gloves or aprons, food stored on the floor, missing pest‑control records, absent medical fitness certificates and no displayed FSSAI licence; the case was referred for legal action. Parallel inspections of House, Platform 65 in Kukatpally cited rats, clogged drains and stale food, prompting a Bahar Cafe highlighted missing hygiene safeguards and prompted licence‑suspension recommendation recommendations. On August 4, H‑FAST seized about 25 tonnes of spices contaminated with industrial dyes, fabric colours, talc and temporary closure, after which owners repainted, installed separate veg‑non‑veg freezers rice‑bran oil across 13 establishments, arrested three suspects and trained staff. Bahar Cafe invoked Section 110 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, treating the adulteration as an attempt at culpable homicide. Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar noted that in Madeenaguda resumed operations after addressing smoke‑related concerns. The raids have spurred public calls for reporting hygiene breaches, the first 140 days H‑FAST conducted 659 raids, filed 202 FIRs and seized items continue to be handed to police, nearly 246 tonnes of adulterated food, underscoring an expanding effort to curb food adulteration and fraud across India.

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  1. 2026-08-05 04:26 UTC Indian food safety raids
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  4. 2026-07-26 16:43 UTC Indian food safety raids

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