food regulators

In a broken system, a dirty restaurant kitchen is just the most visible problem

September 21, 2026 1:05 am

Maharashtra’s food safety crackdown is exposing real problems. It is also exposing how much of the food system’s failure cannot be fixed by raiding restaurants

With Tukaram Mundhe’s crackdown, a question: Why celebrate civil servants for doing their jobs?

August 29, 2026 1:05 pm

The extraordinary praise for a food regulator doing his statutory duty exposes how profoundly India has lowered its expectations of the state

Thought for food

June 18, 2015 12:00 am

Voice from Within: Did not test food items, could not use equipment, says former central lab head Satya Prakash

June 17, 2015 1:13 am

In letters to Centre, former director of Kolkata CFL highlights lack of standards, facilities, expertise and experiments in laboratories.

Across states, India's food safety labs are ill-equipped and understaffed

June 17, 2015 8:58 am

With the spotlight on packaged foods’ failure to clear safety tests, The Indian Express samples 11 states and finds out how ill-equipped and understaffed their labs are.