{
  "id": 2077014,
  "title": "Raksha Bandhan 2026: Indore Food Department Intensifies Checks, Over 200 Samples Collected",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/raksha-bandhan-2026-indore-food-department-intensifies-checks-over",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T04:38:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/raksha-bandhan-2026-indore-food-department-intensifies-checks-over-200-samples-collected"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Indore's Food Department is ramping up efforts to combat food adulteration ahead of the upcoming Raksha Bandhan festival. Officials have been on high alert, collecting over 200 samples of milk and milk-based products since preparations began nearly a month ago. Any samples failing to meet safety standards will be subject to further scrutiny and potential action against the establishments responsible. The department will now shift its focus to sweets, which see a surge in demand during this festival season. Teams will inspect sweet shops and manufacturing units across the city, collecting samples of sweets, mawa, ghee, cooking oil and other food items. Shops and units found operating in unhygienic conditions will receive notices and face consequences in accordance with regulations. Chief Food Safety Officer Manish Swami emphasized that inspections and sampling are ongoing throughout the city, with the aim of ensuring people consume safe and high-quality food during Raksha Bandhan. Indore, home to more than 5,000 sweet shops, is a significant market for such products during festivals, making the department's vigilance particularly crucial.",
  "summary": "Indore (Madhya Pradesh): With Raksha Bandhan approaching, the Food Department in Indore has intensified its campaign against food adulteration. Officials began preparations nearly a month ahead of the festival and have been conducting special inspections to check the quality of milk and milk-based products. More than 200 samples have been collected so far. Samples that fail to meet prescribed…",
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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."
}