They were up for sale after expiry date
Beer bottles that were stocked beyond expiry date being seized by the Food safety officials at Mettupalayam near Coimbatore on Friday.
The sale of imported beer on ‘buy one get one free’ offer has landed a bar attached to a leading resort near Mettupalayam in trouble.
The Designated Officer of the Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administration Department’s Food Safety Wing, R. Kathiravan, who led the team that conducted a surprise raid in the bar, said that 1,724 bottles of beer in 86 cases with expiry date of February 20, 2015, were seized.
Mr. Kathiravan told The Hindu that the raid was conducted based on a complaint received via email from a lawyer based at Chennai.
The officer said that the product on sale was a Russian brand manufactured on February 20, 2014.
“But, the consignment of 2,000 bottles had reached the bar only on the date of expiry,” he said.
The bar authorities had tampered with the hologram seal on the bottles and had also concealed the expiry date with a sticker. After inspecting the bar and the warehouse where the bottles were stored, the officer said that the bar had already sold 276 bottles - priced at Rs. 300 each - and that the remaining stock worth Rs. 5.17 lakh was seized during the raid that went on for more than three-and-a-half hours.
“Samples of beer will be sent to the Food Analysis Laboratory in Coimbatore for testing,” he said and added that the result was expected in two weeks. Based on the outcome of the analysis, legal action would be initiated against those found guilty. Officials who conducted the raid include Food Safety Officers S. Rajeshwaran, K. Chandran and Gerald Sathya Punithan.
‘Samples of beer will be sent to the Food Analysis Laboratory in Coimbatore for testing’
Can sample be drawn from expired product and sent for analysis?
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