SRINAGAR: Kanwal Agro Food Industries has denied claims of Srinagar Municipal Corporation that its Sounf (fennel) seed powder was injurious to health.
"The company feels that the procedures adopted by the Health Officer of Srinagar Municipal Corporation Dr Shafkat for testing of the said spice is aimed at maligning the image of the company as he has not adhered to the set rules for lifting of the samples and their testing under the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 and rules/regulation 2011" Director Kanwal Agro Food Industries said in a statement.
The statement said that legal action has been initiated against the official "for not following standard operating procedure(SOP) in testing the samples.”
"We reassure the general public that neither Carmoisine nor Tartrazine are mixed in our Sounf powder nor can it be mixed since that would impart red or yellow colour to the product," the statement said.
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