Maharashtra FDA Suspends 165 Licences After Inspecting 3,137 Food Outlets

In the Indian state of Maharashtra, the government has a special office that checks whether the food people eat is safe.

It is called the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA.

Between May and July 2026, inspectors visited 3,137 places that make or sell food, like restaurants and hotels.

Most of these places, about three out of every four, were doing a good job.

Some places were told to fix small problems.

A few places, 165 of them, were so unsafe that they were not allowed to sell food anymore.

The inspectors also took away a huge amount of bad food and stopped shops from selling banned items.

They even arrested some people who broke the rules.

Big places like the Cricket Club of India lost their food licences too.

The person in charge of the FDA said they will keep being very strict to protect people's health.