Apr 10, 2015

60 quintals of food items seized in Srinagar

About 60 quintals of snacks, massala and 15000 packets of a juice powder were seized by Food Safety Wing of Drug and Food Control Organization in Srinagar today. An official spokesman said a team of Food Safety Officers headed by Assistant Commissioner Food Safety inspected various Manufacturing Units of Edibles in Zainakote HMT area on the city outskirts.
The team during the inspection found huge quantity of misbranded products, mostly consumed by children including Rice Puffs, Snacks, Chips, Kachri, Maggy Massala and Rasna Orange Juice, the products of New Heena Products.
The team seized 10 quintals of Kachri Snacks, 50 quintals of Magi Massala and 15,000 packets of Rasna Orange Juice powder.
The samples of seized products were lifted for laboratory analysis and proprietor of the unit was prohibited from further manufacturing of these items until reports are received from the Laboratory.
Meanwhile, a huge quantity of rotten vegetables and fruits were destroyed in the main market of the area on spot.
The Food Safety Wing of Drug and Food Control Organization produced 32 challans in the court of Adjudicating Officer, Srinagar, Qazi Sarwar against Food Business Operators which include 18 Milk Vendors for selling, manufacturing substandard and misbranded food items.

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