Food testing bolstered in Haryana ahead of festive season

Backed by a sharp rise in convictions, the expansion of scientific testing infrastructure, the strengthening of field manpower and district-level monitoring, the state government is pushing for a tougher and more consumer-centric food safety regime. Chairing the second meeting of the State Level Advisory.

The Chief Secretary stressed that ensuring safe and quality food for the public requires a coordinated, whole-of-government approach and called for stronger surveillance, inspections, scientific testing and enforcement across the food supply chain. With festive demand expected to increase the movement and sale of.

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He said food safety was not the responsibility of a single department and required coordinated action by all concerned government agencies to protect consumers effectively. THE TRIBUNE, India’s oldest, daily English-language newspaper, was first published on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now.

• Officials said the convictions in food safety cases had increased from 47 in 2023-24 to 111 in 2025-26, reflecting intensified surveillance, inspections, sampling and prosecution of non-compliant food business operators.

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Shamsher Singh Mehta, former Western Army Commander; Shri Paramjit Singh Patwalia, Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court.THE TRIBUNE is free, objective, and independent.

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