Rise in food poisoning cases highlight lapses in food safety | Data

A total of 1,122 people died due to food poisoning in India in 2024. Such avoidable deaths should be seen in the context of lapses in the implementation of the Act, as revealed by the government’s own State Food Safety Index released last for 2023-24. Further, nearly three-fourths of all States and Union Territories scored less than 50 on State Food Safety Index

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