Port Blair, Nov 17: As part of surprise inspection by a team of Food Safety officials constituted exclusively to search contraband products made surprise visits to various parts of Municipal area to check the sale of tobacco and/or nicotine products.
The inspection team led by Shri. Mammen Abraham, Designated Officer, Shri. A. Khalid, Shri. Tahseen Ali, Shri. R.V. Murugaraj and Shri. S.S. Santhosh, Food Safety Officers alongwith Shri. S. Rajendran and Shri. Ravi Kumar, Helpers attached to Food Safety Unit, South Andaman searched upon on certain Food Business Operators(FBOs) on clear vigilance inputs received on 16/11/2016.
It is learnt that the FBOs are selling contraband products illegally on exorbitant prices to select customers. The raiding team have seized large quantities of contraband products from the FBOs viz. S/Shri. Ashraf, M/s Majestic Pan Shop & Cool Drink, Aberdeen Bazar, A.M. Murugan, M/s Murugan Pan Shop, Bathu Basthi, P. Selvaraj, M/s Selvaraj Pan Shop, Garacharama, K. Ishaq, M/s Ishaq Pan Shop beside Majestic Pan Shop, Aberdeen Bazar and M. Devendar Rao, M/s Ananda Pan Shop C/o Ananda Restaurant, Aberdeen Bazar and legal proceeding have already been initiated under relevant Rules and Regulations under Food Safety & Standards Act’2006. The market value of the seized items are worth Rs.4000/- approximately.
The Food Business Operator(FBO) have violated by keeping the banned tobacco products in their custody under Food Safety Act’2006. The FBOs are being compounded u/s 26(2)(iv), 26(3) and 27(2)(e) which is punishable u/s 55 and 58 of FSS Act’2006.
Further all the food business operators are hereby once again warned not to stock, sale or distribute contraband products under ban throughout the A&N Islands and if seized/recovered from their possession action deemed fit under Rules shall be initiated under FSS Act.
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