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Title : Food Worth Rs.3 Lakh In Mumbai Was Found To Be Adulterated
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Source : Hungry Forever
Year : 2018
Link : https://www.hungryforever.com/food-worth-rs-3-lakh-in-mumbai-was-found-to-be-adulterated/
Country : India
Commodity: All Food
Abstract: The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) of Maharashtra has been recently reported to take measures against milk adulteration. Meanwhile, they’ve also found adulterated food worth Rs.3 lakh during an inspection at food manufacturing units reports DNA India. The inspection was conducted in Borivali, Kurla, Dharavi, and Hay Bunder Road located in Mumbai. The officials from FDA Maharashtra told the media that they had inspected food items like dible oil, mawa, milk, paneer, raw food material and sweets. “Food products worth Rs 3 lakh have been seized from manufacturing units across the city. We have collected 12 samples from the seized products; they have been sent for testing in the laboratory for further investigation,” Shailesh Adhav, Joint Commissioner, Food (Mumbai region) told DNA India.