Maharashtra Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe is at the moment probably the most celebrated and talked-about IAS officers within the nation. Following his shock raids at a number of meals retailers throughout Maharashtra, many have even in contrast him to Anil Kapoor’s character from Nayak. Now, filmmaker Kunal Kohli has requested the meals security officer to increase his crackdown to Indian family kitchens as properly.
Kunal Kohli requests Tukaram Mundhe to raid family kitchens
In his newest Instagram publish, Kunal Kohli shared a message for Tukaram Mundhe. The filmmaker jokingly advised that the IAS officer ought to raid kitchens throughout Indian households, as he’s more likely to discover expired merchandise in most kitchens.
He wrote, “I request Tukaram Munde to raid kitchen cabinets & fridges in Indian Households throughout the nation. There might be expired gadgets, from years in the past, neatly & safely preserved, the bottles & packets cleaned each month & put again on the shelf or fridge by no means for use once more.”
Kunal then advised that everybody ought to perform a ‘Tukaram Munde cleansing’ of their houses themselves. He added, “Chalo let’s do a Tukaram Munde cleansing of our kitchen cabinets & fridge. #tukarammunde @tukaram_ias.”
FDA crackdown throughout Maharashtra
Kunal’s assertion comes at a time when the Maharashtra FDA is inspecting locations the place meals is ready and bought, together with eating places, inns, roadside eateries and different meals institutions throughout the state.
As a part of the continuing raids, the division has suspended the licences of a number of well-known eateries in Mumbai. The inspections have additionally coated institutions that provide meals by on-line supply platforms, with motion being taken in opposition to a few of them after expired merchandise and different lapses had been discovered.
The FDA’s inspections have introduced renewed consideration to meals security and hygiene requirements at eateries and different institutions. The division has been conducting checks to determine violations and take motion wherever meals security norms are discovered to have been flouted.
FDA discover to Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn and Tiger Shroff
Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn and Tiger Shroff are additionally dealing with scrutiny from the FDA for allegedly not directly selling pan masala, a prohibited product in Maharashtra. Earlier, the FDA had despatched show-cause notices to the three actors. The actors had come collectively for an commercial selling Vimal’s elaichi (cardamom) in 2024. Vimal is a model related to pan masala merchandise.
The FDA has stated that the marketing campaign may quantity to surrogate or oblique promotion of prohibited pan masala or tobacco-related merchandise. The show-cause notices give the actors 15 days from the date of receipt to submit a written rationalization.
The FDA has warned that if no rationalization is obtained, or if the reason is discovered to be unsatisfactory, additional motion could also be initiated beneath the relevant regulation.