{
  "id": 13173693,
  "title": "FDA Cracks Down On Cosmetic Establishments, Inspects 29 Units & Suspends 3 Licences Since June",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/fda-cracks-down-on-cosmetic-establishments-inspects-29-units-suspends",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-09T17:25:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/fda-cracks-down-on-cosmetic-establishments-inspects-29-units-suspends-3-licences-since-june"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mumbai: Amid concerns over Pakistani-made skin-lightening creams containing excessive levels of toxic heavy metals, the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted 29 inspections of cosmetic establishments and took four enforcement actions between June and August, including three licence suspensions and one cancellation. The figures cover the period after Tukaram Mundhe took charge…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}