India Intensifies Food Safety Crackdown
India is ramping up food safety inspections and pushing for new warning labels on packaged goods. Regulators have suspended operations at numerous eateries while facing debate from industry and health advocates.
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India has launched a sweeping food safety crackdown, resulting in the cancellation of nearly 8,000 business licenses over three years and rattling a packaged food industry valued at more than $100 billion. The enforcement blitz comes as regulators ramp up public raids on eateries and manufacturing plants across the world's most populous nation. The regulatory push poses compliance hurdles for multinationals and local brands alike as authorities tighten rules on labeling and hygiene.
