{
  "id": 14720634,
  "title": "Maharashtra FDA bans loose spice powder sales, orders Statewide crackdown on adulteration",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/maharashtra-fda-bans-loose-spice-powder-sales-orders-statewide",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-15T14:42:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/maharashtra/maharashtra-fda-bans-loose-spice-powder-sales-orders-statewide-crackdown-on-adulteration/article71588358.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Food Safety Commissioner’s order bans prohibited colouring agents, including Metanil Yellow and Rhodamine B, and adulterants such as brick powder and chalk, and requires all spice powders to be packed and sealed at the place of production before sale",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times",
        "title": "Maharashtra FDA bans loose spice powders",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/maharashtra-fda-bans-loose-spice-powders",
        "published": "2026-10-15T15:22:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Maharashtra Bans Sale Of Loose Spice Powders; FDA Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe Warns Of Strict Action Against Adulteration | VIDEO",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/maharashtra-bans-sale-of-loose-spice-powders-fda-commissioner-tukaram",
        "published": "2026-10-15T15:56:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}