Mansa, July 29
Selling adulterated milk, spurious ghee and other spurious food items in Mansa would now cost those found guilty dear. The administration has pledged to conduct regular raids and impose fines on defaulters.
On Monday, Mansa ADC (General) Isha Kalia, the adjudicating officer, held three accused guilty of adulteration and imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 each.
Sita Ram of Banke Karyana Store who sold Shishu brand mustard oil, Ravinder Kumar of Dharampura who sold poor quality mustard oil and Satpal Singh of Ahmdpur, who sold adulterated milk, were nabbed by Food Safety Officer Sanjay Katyal.
Last month, the accused Satpal Kumar of Budhlada, who was running a dairy in his home, was caught on the wrong foot as he was allegedly supplying sub-standard milk to the consumers. To increase the fat content in the milk, the accused used to add a powder.
The then Mansa Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Gurpreet Singh Khaira had imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh on the defaulters. In May, the ADC (G) imposed a fine of Rs 4.5 lakh on four defaulters in separate cases.
Taking stringent action against the defaulters to control food adulteration, the ADC (G) instructed the health officials to conduct regular raids in the entire district. The Health Department has also been instructed to complete the process of compilation of files against those who have been declared defaulters after the chemical confirmation of adulteration reports from the laboratories.
Mansa Deputy Commissioner Parveen Kumar Thind said, "Food adulteration is a blot on our system and it should be curbed. The defaulters were booked under the various sections of Food Safety Act and a fine was imposed on them."
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