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    Food Section Orders/ Circulars

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    Order/ Circular Name Orders/ Circulars Description Order/ Circular

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    1

    School Food Safety Guidelines

    Implementation of food safety and healthy diet guidelines in schools, including restrictions on junk food and promotion of nutritious food for students.

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    2

    Edible Oil Safety and Compliance

    Guidelines for safe manufacturing, packaging, transport, and sale of edible oils, including a ban on loose edible oil sales and measures to prevent adulteration and ensure food safety compliance.

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    3

    Corrigendum to Edible Oil Compliance

    Amendments to the edible oil compliance order, removing mandatory AGMARK certification requirements, updating terminology, and aligning labeling and health claim provisions with current FSSAI regulations.

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    4

    Milk Safety and Compliance

    Comprehensive guidelines for milk and milk product businesses to ensure food safety, prevent adulteration, maintain hygiene standards, and comply with FSSAI regulations across the milk supply chain in Maharashtra.

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    5

    Hotel & Restaurant Food Safety Compliance

    Mandatory food safety, hygiene, licensing, potable water, and used cooking oil management guidelines for hotels, restaurants, eateries, and food service establishments in Maharashtra.

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    6

    MCOCA Action Against Illegal Trade of Prohibited Food Products

    Directions to invoke the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against organized networks involved in the manufacture, storage, transport, distribution, and sale of prohibited food products such as gutkha and tobacco-mixed pan masala.

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    7

    Festival Food Safety Enforcement Standing Order, 2026

    Permanent guidelines for food safety surveillance, inspections, sampling, and anti-adulteration measures during festivals, fairs, religious events, and mass food distribution across Maharashtra.

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    Prohibition of Gutkha, Pan Masala and Similar Food Products, 2026

    Notification prohibiting the manufacture, storage, distribution, transport, and sale of gutkha, pan masala containing tobacco or nicotine, and similar unsafe food products in Maharashtra to protect public health and ensure food safety compliance.

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    9 Prohibition of Analogue / Non-Dairy Paneer Order prohibiting the manufacture, storage, distribution, and sale of analogue (non-dairy) paneer across Maharashtra for one year to protect public health and prevent food adulteration. Circular

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