NITI Aayog convenes food-safety agencies on stronger surveillance and enforcement

NITI Aayog brought together FSSAI, the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, state food-safety departments and Hyderabad Police to discuss tighter surveillance, technology adoption and inter-agency coordination—raising the compliance focus for food retailers and processors.

— Filed Sun, 26 Jul, 2026, 11:13 IST · Source The Hindu BusinessLine · Updated

NITI Aayog convened FSSAI, MoFPI, state food safety departments and Hyderabad Police to discuss stronger food-safety surveillance, enforcement, technology use and inter-agency coordination, with implications for India’s food retail and processing sectors.

Why this matters

The meeting extends FSSAI’s recent compliance push, following parliamentary calls for tougher sugar disclosures, e-commerce label checks and final front-of-pack nutrition labels, plus scrutiny of “healthy food” claims.

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