Maharashtra FDA steps up action on food adulteration and non-compliant eateries
FDA Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe said enforcement is intensifying against adulterated dairy and edible oils, tobacco products and restaurants that fail food-safety norms, with licence suspensions and criminal cases among the measures cited.
Maharashtra FDA Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe warned that widespread food adulteration and unhealthy restaurant food are contributing to heart disease and cancer. The regulator is intensifying enforcement against adulterated dairy, edible oil, tobacco and non-compliant restaurants, including licence suspensions and criminal cases.
Why this matters
The action extends Maharashtra FDA’s recent enforcement pattern, following warnings on prescription-free antibiotic sales, a crackdown on drug quality and online sales, and about 60 food-business licence suspensions after 600 inspections.
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