Invoke MCOCA against those involved in food adulteration, prepare watertight cases: Shinde

August 12, 2026 9:19 AM

Invoke MCOCA against those involved in food adulteration, prepare watertight cases: Shinde

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday directed that those involved in food adulteration be booked under the stringent anti-organised crime law, the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), saying such unscrupulous elements are putting the health of citizens, particularly youngsters, at grave risk. The direction came amidst the ongoing state-wide crackdown by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on food safety violations and adulteration. Shinde held a meeting ...

Heavy metal in most chocolates may not pose health risk, researchers say

August 1, 2024 6:30 PM

Heavy metal in most chocolates may not pose health risk, researchers say

Concentrations of heavy metals found in single servings of some chocolates and cocoa-based products are too low in most cases to pose a health risk to consumers, research published on Tuesday in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition shows. This is true when products are consumed as a single serving, but consumption of more than one serving per day or in combination with other sources of heavy metals - such as seafood and unwashed brown rice - may cumulatively add up to exposure that exceeds recomm...