Bathinda, July 23
The court of the Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development) Rajiv Prashar, the adjudicating officer in the Food Safety and Standards Act of India (FSSAI), slapped a fine of Rs 35,000 on Darbara Karyana Store in Pucca Kalan village for selling sub-standard mustard oil.
Earlier on July 16, the same court had imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on Ganpati Mill in Bhucho Mandi for selling sub-standard products. The decision has buoyed health department official who feel that this would give an impetus to the drive of collecting food samples and sending them for testing to the food lab at Chandigarh.
The sample of mustard oil was taken around 6 to 7 months ago. Lab tests have found that the oil was sub-standard. Now, eight more similar cases are pending in the court of the additional deputy commissioner, on which a decision is likely to be passed soon.
The clampdown assumes significance in the wake of the alert generated over the use of sub-standard ingredients in the cooking of mid-day meals.
The court of the Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development) Rajiv Prashar, the adjudicating officer in the Food Safety and Standards Act of India (FSSAI), slapped a fine of Rs 35,000 on Darbara Karyana Store in Pucca Kalan village for selling sub-standard mustard oil.
Earlier on July 16, the same court had imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on Ganpati Mill in Bhucho Mandi for selling sub-standard products. The decision has buoyed health department official who feel that this would give an impetus to the drive of collecting food samples and sending them for testing to the food lab at Chandigarh.
The sample of mustard oil was taken around 6 to 7 months ago. Lab tests have found that the oil was sub-standard. Now, eight more similar cases are pending in the court of the additional deputy commissioner, on which a decision is likely to be passed soon.
The clampdown assumes significance in the wake of the alert generated over the use of sub-standard ingredients in the cooking of mid-day meals.
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