Jan 8, 2018

FDA officials raid store, seize banned gutka worth Rs 64,000

Thane, Jan 7 (UNI) Officials of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) here on Saturday raided a store in the powerloom town of Bhiwandi and seized banned Gutka worth around Rs 64,000.
FDA Assistant Commissioner (Food) Thane, M N Chowdhary told UNI that the officials of the FDA conducted the raid on the Bamhur Cigarette and General Stores at Gaibinagar and seized a stock of Dubai Gutka and Vimal Pan Masala.
The shop owned by one Shekar Jaffar Ahmed Ali Jaffar was sealed, he said and added that an offence under Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 was registered against the shop owner.
He said action had been taken against the same shop twice earlier for the same offence and this was the third time the FDA had raided the shop and found to have stocked the banned goods.

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