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Title : Mumbai: FDA begins crackdown on shops to curb food adulteration
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Source : Free Press Journal
Year : 2018
Link : http://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-fda-begins-crackdown-on-shops-to-curb-food-adulteration/1381843
Country : India
Commodity: PF-Sugar-based confectionery
Abstract: As people begin shopping for Diwali, among the top-of-the list of items to purchase are sweets. However, be careful this Diwali before you indulge your sweet tooth, as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the two-day raids across various city shops has confiscated adulterated snacks for Diwali. They have seized sweets worth Rs 3 lakhs and sent the samples to the forensic laboratory for further examination. Shailesh Adhav, Joint Commissioner Food , Maharashtra FDA said, they have seized 12 samples worth three lakhs and have sent the samples to the laboratory.