FOODS SAFETY, HEALTH AND AGRICULTURE CA IN AUGUST 2026

*  FSSAI Has Prohibited Dabur India From Selling Food Products Carrying Misleading 100% Claims.

*  India Recorded 20,138 Organs Plants In 2025, 

* 4990 Transplant In 2013 

* India Now Ranked Third Globally In Organ Transplant 

* Reports By National Organ And Tissue Transplant Organisation ( NOTTO) 

* United States (2), China (2) 

* Delhi Topped With 4564 Ranked One - 

* Tamilnadu With (2796) 

* Maharshtra (2136) 

* Telengana (1523) 

* Kerala ( 1489) 

( Tamilnadu Ranked One In Deceased Organ Donors With 266) followed By Maharashtra (205), Telengana (198), Karnataka (154) Kerala (152) 

VACCINE - 

* Union Agriculture Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan Has Unveiled The Indigenous African Swine Fever ( ASF) Vaccine Developed By ICAR ( MA-104) 

* The Food And Drug Administration Has Approved A New Drug For Advanced Pancreatic Cancer ( RASONQUE) 

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* THE JOINT EFFORTS FROM RESEARCHERS FROM THE INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDY IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ( IASST) And EXPERTS AT IIT GUWAHATI HAVE DESIGNED A DRUG NAMED - RK-251 

* DESIGNED TO TARGET THE CANCEROUS CELLS WITHOUT DAMAGING HEALTHY CELLS.

* THE TEAM LED BY PRINCIPAL DR ASIS BALA ( IASST) 

* Indian Council Of Agricultural Research ( ICAR) Has Developed India's First Fully Annotated Telomere - to - Telomere Reference Genome Of Pigeonpea Variety Named ASHA 

* Popularly Known As ARHAR Or TUR 

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* Gujarat Has Identified 22 Cases Of Chandipura Virus 

*  Doctors At AIIMS Delhi Have Successfully Performed Bariatric Surgery On a 32 Years Old Man Weighing 209 Kg 

* Vice President Shri C P RADHAKRISHNAN Has Launched The India's First Non - Genetically Modified Organism High Expansion Popcorn Maize Hybrid Seed in Eluru's Musnur, Andhra Pradesh 

*  The All India Institute Of Ayurveda, new Delhi Has Introduced The GARBHINI Mitra Course 

* The Course Is Rooted In Traditional Ayurvedic Concept Of GARBHINI Parichaya ( Antenatal care) Sutika Parichaya ( Post Natal Care) And Garabhadana Vidhi ( Pre - Conceptional Care) 

* The Food Safety And Standard Authority Of India ( FSSAI) Have Taken A Regulatory Enforcement Action Under The Food Safety And Standard Act 2006 Issuing Prohibition Order Against M/s Everest Food Products Private LIMITED & M/s Laljee Godhoo And Company