‘Hold back names, photos’: Hospitality bodies push back against FDA crackdown

3 min readJul 31, 2026 04:29 PM IST Hospitality trade associations have asked the FDA to follow due process before making enforcement actions public. (AI-generated image)As the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) crackdown to ensure food safety compliance across eateries in Maharashtra continues, hospitality trade associations have asked the food agency to follow due process before making enforcement actions public. It has also urged the FDA to refrain from sharing names, photographs, and videos of food business operators until the legal process concludes. In a joint statement on Thursday, July 30, the Hotel and Restaurant Association (Western India), the National Restaurant Association of India, and the Indian Hotel and Restaurant Association on Thursday, July 30, extended support to the F