# Why an Indian food safety officer has become a social media star

https://mins.news/en/item/48928

- BBC News, 2026-09-07 23:40 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1wx3v11de7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Since becoming Maharashtra’s food commissioner in May, Tukaram Mundhe has led thousands of inspections that exposed severe hygiene problems at food businesses. His department has suspended about 300 licences and issued more than 1,000 improvement notices. The unusually public crackdown has won consumer support while drawing controversy over his confrontational style.

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