Rs 80,000 fine slapped

Indore : The court of Additional District Magistrate Dilip Kumar slapped a fine of Rs 80,000 on to two firms after proving the samples fake.

Orders to this effect were issued on December 6 by the court after the completion of hearing of the both the cases.

The penalised firms – M/s Mahendra Kumar Biharilal Jain, 43 Subhas Marg and M/S Harsh Foods at 14 Marothia Bazar – are prominent sellers of dry fruits. As per the case, food safety officer had taken the samples of buttermilk spices from the shop on 19 May this year. The spices were selling with fictitious brand names and the samples were failed in lab testing. Following the positive report of the lab, ADM Kumar imposed the fine on the firm.

Similarly, food safety officer Jitendra Singh Rana had taken the samples of fake Chirag brand refined soya oil pack from M/S Ramdas Vedprakash, 38 Udyog Nagar, Musakhedi on July 13, 2013.The samples were also foud positive in the state food testing lab, Bhopal. Accepting the report of the lab, the ADM imposed fine of Rs 30,000 on the firm. The fines are imposed under the Section 62 of the food safety and standard Act 2006.