{
  "id": 17868857,
  "title": "Mumbai Food Safety: FDA Suspends Licences Of 9 Units After Finding Rat Droppings, Insects And Hygiene Violations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/mumbai-food-safety-fda-suspends-licences-of-9-units-after-finding-rat",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-02T22:11:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-food-safety-fda-suspends-licences-of-9-units-after-finding-rat-droppings-insects-and-hygiene-violations"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mumbai, November 02, 2026: Uncovered cooked rice exposed to flies, rat droppings in spice manufacturing units and even a brush and broom found inside a spice-grinding machine — these are among the serious food safety violations uncovered by the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) during its festive-season crackdown in Mumbai. The department has suspended the licences or registrations…",
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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."
}