Maharashtra FDA widens food-safety and pharmacy compliance crackdown
Maharashtra FDA is extending scrutiny from restaurants to spices, edible oils and beverages, while examining hospital pharmacy practices, medicine overpricing and prescription-free antibiotic sales across key cities.
Maharashtra FDA is widening food-safety enforcement beyond restaurants to spices, edible oils and beverages, while also targeting hospital pharmacy practices, medicine overpricing and antibiotic sales without prescriptions.
Why this matters
Maharashtra FDA's broader sweep follows hospitality bodies seeking review of its enforcement drive, Pune's food-complaint hotspot and blockchain tracking rollout, and Mumbai dairies' request for more time on milk hygiene norms.
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