Ensuring Food Safety During India's Festive Season
Ensuring Food Safety During India's Festive Season
Global · Published Oct 12, 2026
• FSSAI has urged states to intensify food safety checks during festivals like Navratri and Diwali.
• The focus is on preventing adulteration and ensuring safe food consumption through inspections, sampling, and mobile testing labs.

FSSAI's Directive to States

The FSSAI has issued an advisory to state food commissioners, urging them to focus on sensitive locations and conduct inspections and sampling. The directive emphasises the need to prevent the sale of unsafe food products, including milk and milk products, sweets, snacks, savouries, edible oils, beverages, and ghee. States are also encouraged to deploy 'Food Safety on Wheels' mobile labs for on-the-spot testing in prominent marketplaces.

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