PANAJI/VASCO:
Mawa/kalakand weighing 263 kg and worth 40,000 brought for delivery to a
sweet mart in the state was confiscated by food safety inspectors of the food and drugs administration (FDA) at the Vasco railway station on Wednesday morning.
Salim Veljee, FDA director, said that the consignment containing seven parcels of mawa did not have any label. Under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, a consignment should have a label and it should reveal the name of the manufacturer as well as the nutritional value of the product.
Such consignments containing perishable food products should be transported under refrigerated conditions to ensure that the product does not get spoilt, and there is no pilferage in the transition. The FDA has started the drive in view of the upcoming Ganesh Chaturthi festival, as a lot sweets are imported by traders from neighbouring states.
The consignment had arrived on the Miraj-Vasco rail for delivery to a dairy in Vasco. A few days ago the FDA had received a tip-off that a particular consignment was coming from Miraj. Since then FDA inspectors had been keeping a watch, he said. "The railways authorities co-operated but they too had no details.
The consignment had no name not even a reference contact number. Also, nobody came to claim the parcels," he added.
The raid was conducted by food safety officers Rajiv Korde, Flavia DeSouza and Shardha Kuttikar. The FDA will continue it's checks for a few more days.
Salim Veljee, FDA director, said that the consignment containing seven parcels of mawa did not have any label. Under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, a consignment should have a label and it should reveal the name of the manufacturer as well as the nutritional value of the product.
Such consignments containing perishable food products should be transported under refrigerated conditions to ensure that the product does not get spoilt, and there is no pilferage in the transition. The FDA has started the drive in view of the upcoming Ganesh Chaturthi festival, as a lot sweets are imported by traders from neighbouring states.
The consignment had arrived on the Miraj-Vasco rail for delivery to a dairy in Vasco. A few days ago the FDA had received a tip-off that a particular consignment was coming from Miraj. Since then FDA inspectors had been keeping a watch, he said. "The railways authorities co-operated but they too had no details.
The consignment had no name not even a reference contact number. Also, nobody came to claim the parcels," he added.
The raid was conducted by food safety officers Rajiv Korde, Flavia DeSouza and Shardha Kuttikar. The FDA will continue it's checks for a few more days.
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