Archive · 11 Oct 2026
Indore Intensifies Festival Food Safety Inspections After 965 Checks
Indore officials are checking food more carefully before festivals.
They will pay special attention to sweets, snacks, dairy products and cooking oils.
The checks are meant to help stop food that is adulterated or below standards from being sold.
Officials also inspect cleanliness and hygiene in places such as restaurants, schools and hostels.
Between April and September 2026, they carried out 965 inspections and collected 2,046 samples.
They filed 38 court cases, and decisions in 20 cases led to fines totaling ₹50 lakh.
They also seized food products and tested thousands of samples using a mobile laboratory.
Officials held programmes and training sessions to teach people about safe food and hygiene.
Collector Shivam Verma directed food safety officials to step up inspections ahead of festivals, focusing on sweets, namkeen, mawa, ghee and edible oils.
From April 1 to September 30, 2026, officials conducted 965 inspections and collected 2,046 samples.
The department filed 38 court cases and imposed fines totaling ₹50 lakh in 20 decided cases.
During the 2026–27 financial year, officials seized about 31,000 kg of food products valued at around ₹86 lakh.
The department also conducted 2,563 on-the-spot tests and held 35 public awareness programmes and 35 training sessions.
- Who
- Indore Collector Shivam Verma directed the Food Safety Administration; district food safety officer Manish Swami presented enforcement figures.
- What
- The district is intensifying food inspections and monitoring ahead of festivals.
- When
- The direction was issued at a district advisory committee meeting held on Saturday; reported inspection figures cover April 1 to September 30, 2026.
- Where
- Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
- Why
- To prevent adulteration and help ensure consumers receive safe, quality food during festivals.
- Inspections
- 965 between April 1 and September 30, 2026
- Samples collected
- 2,046: 834 legal samples and 1,212 surveillance samples
- Court cases
- 38 cases filed; decisions delivered in 20
- Fines
- ₹50 lakh imposed in the 20 decided cases
- Food seized
- Around 31,000 kg during the 2026–27 financial year, estimated at around ₹86 lakh
- Mobile testing
- 2,563 food samples tested on the spot
- Education sessions
- 35 public awareness programmes and 35 training sessions