Mumbai food outlets face licence suspensions as Maharashtra FDA steps up food-safety enforcement
Maharashtra FDA has suspended licences at several prominent Mumbai food businesses while extending FSSAI licensing requirements to school canteens, hostel kitchens, meal contractors and Anganwadis. The agency is also restricting high-fat, trans-fat and high-sugar foods around schools.
Maharashtra FDA’s food-safety crackdown suspended licences of prominent Mumbai food outlets and imposed FSSAI licensing requirements on school canteens, hostel kitchens, mid-day meal contractors and Anganwadis, while banning high-fat, trans-fat and high-sugar foods around schools.
Why this matters
The enforcement action builds on Maharashtra FDA's recent school-food safety push, including mandatory licences for school canteens and a 50-metre restriction on junk-food sales near schools.
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