AHMEDABAD: Abattoirs and meat sellers in Gujarat paid Rs 1.66 crore as fine -- the highest in the country -- for selling misbranded and adulterated meat products in 2016-'17.
In 2016-'17, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) collected Rs 4.49 crore as fine for selling adulterated meat and meat products from across the country . While Gujarat topped the list, Tamil Nadu was second with Rs 78.98 lakh paid as penalty .
According to data compiled by the Union agriculture and animal husbandry ministry, of the 11,364 samples of meat products collected from the state in the last fiscal, 839 were found adulterated and misbranded. The food safety authority registered 46 criminal and 513 civil cases and obtained two convictions.
Gujarat Food and Drug Control Authority (FDCA) commissioner H G Koshiasaid adulteration and misbranding of meat and meat products was rampant in the state. "We also receive complaints of meat product of a different animal packaged and sold than the one mentioned on the packing," he said.
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