Feb 23, 2016

FSDA collects 30kg supplement from 2 stores

Meerut: Nearly twenty days after a Special Task Force (STF) along with officials from the Food Safety & Drugs Administration (FSDA) raided a factory and sealed two shops allegedly selling adulterated items being passed off as dietary protein supplements in containers with labels of renowned companies, the FSDA team collected six samples, including 30 kg food supplement, from two shops.
The two shops are owned by Jahid and Shadaab. The raid was conducted in presence of the city magistrate.
The samples have been sent to a Lucknow-based laboratory and the results are likely to be out in a month's time.
Giving information, JP Singh, chief food safety officer, said, "On February 2, we had sealed Apollo Medical Store and Hindustan Sports Nutrition Store located in Khairnagar area during a raid that was carried out against fake food supplements. Today, we collected three samples from each of the sealed shops."
While the three samples taken from Apollo Medical Store include 17 kg of Kwik Size XXX, 13 kg of Serious Mass Weigh Gain Supplement and Carbo 8000 food supplement, the three samples from Hindustan Sports Nutrition Store are of Glucogen Ace, Nitro Mass powder and all in one Mega Amino Mass.

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