A customer can see a restaurant’s menu, prices, interiors, Google rating, Instagram feed and hundreds of reviews. But there is one important rating they usually cannot see: How safely is the food actually being handled? That question has become difficult to ignore after Maharashtra’s recent food-safety crackdown. Since Tukaram Mundhe took charge of the Maharashtra FDA in May 2026, the department has conducted more than 3,000 inspections and raids, according to Reuters. The ac