As kitchens across India light up with the aroma of sweets, namkeens, and festive feasts, there's a darker side to Diwali 2025 that often goes unnoticed - food adulteration. To meet the soaring demand ...

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is mandated to lay down science -based standards for articles of food and to regulate their manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and import ...

Explore the persistent issue of auramine, a banned industrial dye, reappearing in Indian food and its health implications.

As summer begins, the demand for fruits like watermelon and muskmelon increases, along with the risk of adulteration. The Food Safety Department recently carried out raids in Tamil Nadu to check for ...

Key opportunities in the Global Dairy Testing Market include the rising demand for food safety due to increasing dairy ...

To check if the milk you're buying is pure, start with easy home tests recommended by food safety experts. Place a drop of ...

From papaya seeds disguised as peppercorns to glossy, mineral oil-coated grains that look picture-perfect but taste like nothing, counterfeit peppercorn has become a real concern. Food Safety and ...

A simple home test can also help. Add a spoonful of cumin to a glass of water; if several seeds float or the water changes ...

Bhopal: Under the campaign against sale of substandard/adulterated food articles ahead of Diwali festival across the state, 14,800 Kg of food stuff particularly mawa ...

Fresh research utilising DNA testing technology has highlighted ‘widespread’ global adulteration in herbal products, with almost one-third of items tested found to be fake. The study, published in ...

A team in the UK has developed two methods – one hand-held, the other lab-based -- that can accurately detect adulteration of Basmati rice. The testing has the potential to save food manufacturers ...