New Delhi, Aug. 16 -- There are raids underway in a few cities to check if the food they store or make is safe for me. They are unearthing factories that make fake milk with shampoo and emulsifier; networks that recycle expired food using counterfeit labels; kilograms of meat covered in fungus; and expired milk. I would have mentioned rats in the kitchen if I were writing for a foreign publication.

What surprises me is not any of this, but that there are raids across cities and they are not extortion. They began in Maharashtra because of a government officer who is said to be so honest that he has been transferred 25 times in 21 years.

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