AGRA: Food safety and drug administration (FSDA) of Agra has seized more than 2,500 Ksheer bottles, a flavored milk product by D S group, after a local resident lodged a complaint alleging that his family fell ill after consuming the dairy product.
On Tuesday evening, the FSDA team seized the July 9 manufactured Ksheer bottles.
The officer, Ramnaresh Yadav, leading the FSDA team told TOI: "We received a complaint from Ajeet Mehra, resident of Sadar Bazaar, who claimed that he and his family members fell ill after consuming the flavoured milk from D S Group, which is popularly known for their Catch spices."
He said: "All the bottles were emitting foul smell, and some even had foam coming out of it."
Businessman Ajeet Mehra, who filed the complaint, said: "On August 24, we had bought 10 flavored milk bottles from Best Price store. After drinking the milk, my entire family fell sick, including my grandson, and vomited several times. My four-year-old grandson Dharmik Mehra had to be hospitalized."
The Septuagenarian said: "After the incident, we called customer care of the D S group, who sent city area sales manager Anil Singh. Instead of trying to explain why the stale product was being sold to customers, Anil offered us an additional 24 bottles of Ksheer and asked us to settle the matter."
Furious with the approach of company's representative, Mehra claimed: "Even Anil vomited after drinking the flavoured milk, which he had bought to settle the case. We asked him to remove the stock from the store or we will lodge complaint with the FSDA. But, we found the same batch (which the family had brought on August 24) in the Best Price store on September 6. This is when we contacted the FSDA."
When TOI contacted D S group officials they refused to comment on the incident and said they would reply on Thursday.
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