Centre praises Rajasthan’s efforts to prevent food adulteration

The Centre has praised the Rajasthan government’s efforts to ensure food safety and prevent food adulteration, while laying emphasis on continuous monitoring and quick disposal of the cases registered against the offenders. The public awareness campaign on food safety has yielded good results in the State.

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) chief executive officer G. Kamala Vardhana Rao said here on Wednesday (July 16, 2025) that the samples of edible items such as milk, ghee, cheese, and spices should be collected regularly and the cases registered for them be disposed of promptly.

Mr. Rao reviewed the work being performed in the State for regulation of food manufacture, storage, distribution and sale under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. Chief Medical & Health Officers, Food Safety Officers and administrative officials attended the regional review meeting.

Regulatory Compliance Division’s Director Rakesh Kumar said the cases registered under the Food Safety and Standards Act should be decided within a maximum of 90 days after the sampling.

Haulianlal Guite, Commissioner, Food Safety & Drug Control in the Rajasthan Directorate of Medical, Health & Family Welfare, said an artificial intelligence-based app was being developed for real time monitoring of action taken for food safety and providing necessary information to the public.

Mr. Guite said over 18,200 food samples were taken in the State during 2024-25 and 863 of them were found unsafe, while 3,734 were sub-standard and 131 were misbranded. Necessary action had been taken after analysing over 17,600 samples, he said.