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New Delhi: Twenty six thousand food samples were found adulterated or misbranded in 2018-19 in India, the government told the Rajya Sabha on Friday. Fines of over Rs 32 crores have been collected, said Rameswar Teli, minister of state, Food Processing Industries while responding to a written question on food adulteration and enforcement of standards in Rajya Sabha. He informed that in 2018-19, 94,288 samples of processed food were analysed. Out of this 26,077 thousand samples were found adulterated or misbranded. He further added that a total of 32.8 crore rupees were raised as penalties last year, he said. |
