FSSAI cancels manufacturing licences of 111 spice producers  

Food Standards Agency had issued alerts for ethylene oxide in Indian spices before January 2023. FSSAI confirmed the safety of popular brands MDH and Everest, with no presence of the chemical in tested samples, ensuring consumer confidence in these products.

In the month of April, Singapore and Hong Kong banned the sale of popular Indian spice brands MDH Pvt. Ltd, and Everest Food Products Pvt, after the alleged detection of the carcinogenic pesticide ethylene oxide in several products. It was only after this the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) started collecting samples of spices in different cities to do safety checks and as per recent report, they have revoked the manufacturing licences of 111 spice producers over the past month, instructing them to halt production immediately