| Abstract: |
Officials of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Pune division, have in the run-up to Diwali seized various food items worth Rs2.84 crore on suspicion of adulteration and substandard quality. The officials conducted 57 raids and seized stock of edible oil, milk products, turmeric powder, rice flour, rava, maida and gram flour (besan). The raids and seizures were part of a special drive that began two months ahead of Diwali to prevent sale of substandard and adulterated food items during the festive period. The food items and ingredients were mainly seized from dairies, sweet and grocery shops and various other food business operators in Pune, Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur and Solapur. These districts come under the FDA’s Pune administrative division.“We have also collected several samples of the seized food articles and ingredients for quality checks. |
