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"Keeping an eye on sweet and spice makers," says FDA chief Tukaram Mundhe

Ahead of Diwali 2026, the Maharashtra FDA has intensified inspections of sweet shops, spice businesses and food manufacturers. Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe urged consumers to avoid loose spices as officials reported seizures worth Rs 19.70 crore and the suspension of 84 spice business licences

Updated 7 hours ago

Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe. PIC/ ANUSHREE GAIKWAD

Maharashtra FDA seizes 6,495 kg of substandard food amid statewide crackdown

Statewide inspections uncover expired packaged food, adulterated products and alleged food safety violations

Updated 19 hours ago

Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe. PIC/ ANUSHREE GAIKWAD

Maharashtra FDA seizes 6,495 kg of food, including sonpapdi and milk products

Updated 1 day ago

Assorted sweets suspected of containing excessive added colour, worth Rs 1.22 lakh, seized from Kandivali's Arihant Sweets (left) and 296 kg of broken rice worth Rs 35,520 from Goregaon's Classic Enterprises. Pic/ FDA

Maharashtra FDA seizes food items worth Rs 25.53 lakh amid statewide inspections

Updated 1 day ago

FDA officials at Curated Foods, Goregaon East. Pic/By Special Arrangement

FDA crackdown: Expired food, unlabelled products worth Rs 25.54 lakh seized

Updated 2 days ago

Unhygienic conditions at Bikaner Mithaiwala in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (left), expired stock seized at Cloudstore Retail Pvt Ltd in Padgha (centre), and packets of expired packaged food seized at Curated Foods in Goregaon (right). Pic/FDA

Maharashtra FDA crackdown: Blinkit licence suspended in Bhiwandi

Updated 3 days ago

The company cannot conduct food business under the suspended licence while the order remains in force. Representational Pic

Maharashtra FDA suspends 68 licences, orders closure of seven units

Updated 3 days ago

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Was food meant for destruction sold again? Maharashtra FDA probes supply chain

Updated 4 days ago

Prohibited gutkha, pan masala and flavoured tobacco worth approximately Rs 3.15 crore was seized along with vehicles. Representational Pic

Maharashtra FDA seizes 43.56 tonnes of food stock worth Rs 1.56 cr

Updated 5 days ago

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Maharashtra FDA cancels 29 drug licences, suspends 71 after 937 inspections

Updated 5 days ago

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