Sep 24, 2018
4,852kg of adulterated khoya seized from private luxury bus
PUNE: The crime branch of the Pune police on Saturday seized 4,852kg of adulterated khoya, a dairy product used for making a variety of sweets, from a private luxury bus in Swargate.
The bus, which came to Pune from Gujarat, was intercepted near Purnima Towers building in Swargate, following a tip-off. “Upon inspection, police found khoya being packed in gunny sacks in the luggage space of the bus. Soon after the recovery, police contacted Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), Pune.
“The FDA officials checked the khoya and found it to be adulterated,” police said, adding that the gunny sacks containing the adulterated khoya was immediately seized.
Police have taken action against the bus driver from Gujarat and two others under the Food Safety and Standards Act. “We have also the luxury bus in the case,” police said.
A crime branch officer said the khoya was meant to be distributed in Pune, Nagpur and Hyderabad. “Adulterated khoya is not good for health and the suspects involved in the trade and manufacturing of adulterated khoya will not be spared,” he added.
“We received information about the adulterated khoya being transported to the city during a recent patrolling,” the officer said.
The police team which intercepted the bus and seized khoya was headed by assistant commissioner of police (crime) Bhanupratap Barge. It also included inspector Deepak Lagad, constables Sunil Pawar, Shankar Sampate and Jitendra Tupe, among others.
About 15 days ago, the crime branch had also seized 3,500kg of adulterated khoya in Padmavati, off Pune-Satara road.
The use of substandard products peaks during the festival season, including Ganeshotsav, as the demand for all sorts of sweets, farsan and food ingredients grows considerably during this period. Hence, FDA officials carry out extensive checking of food products in view of the festive season and also carry out raids on sweetmeat shops to check the quality of sweets.
FDA officials also conduct on-the-spot tests to check quality of milk and milk products such as khoya, besides rawa, maida and other flours during the festive season.
Adulteration causes serious health risks. “Presence of harmful starch, urea-mixed milk, caustic soda, arrowroot (ararot) powder, artificial sweetening chemicals, non-approved coloured sweets (such as heavy-metal incorporated malachite green), and unhygienic conditions can lead to acute gastritis, serious diarrhoea, dysentery, dehydration, kidney inflammation,” health experts said.
In Mansa raid, food team finds substandard ghee, salt in packets of popular brands
CHANDIGARH: The state food-safety and drug administration (FDA), in a 12am raid carried out at a house in Mansa on Friday night, busted a racket in which local-made, substandard ghee, salt and detergent were being packaged in packets of popular brands for sale in the market.
The raid came aftyer the police were tipped off and they informed the FDA. When the FDA and police raided the house, they found that locally made ghee was being recpakaged as that of Verka and Amul. The team also unearthed fakes of Tata Salt, Tide detergent powder, and more such brands, said FDA commissioner Kahan Singh Pannu.
Police have not ruled out the possibility of more persons being involved in the racket.
The accused has been identified as Mansa resident Parveen Kumar. Pannu said the accused made desi ghee from vegetable fat mixture and used to pack it in packets of five brands of vanaspati and three brands of desi ghee. A stove was installed to mix vanaspati and mixture of different oils to prepare ghee.
A large number of labels of various products were also recovered, indicating the involvement of other people stationed at different places for preparing and selling the fake products under the garb of famous brands.
About 700 packets of Tata Tea Gold filled with poor quality tea were also found. The entire stock, including wrappers and packets, was seized and an FIR registered under different sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) against the accused. The accused was produced in court on Saturday. Proceedings under Food Safety and Standards Act will be initiated after the FDA gets the report from food analyst.
Punjab food safety teams bust top brands replica racket in Mansa
CHANDIGARH: The food Safety teams after keeping an eye on the suspects for a few days, finally nabbed a top brands replica manufacturing racket in Mansa, informed Mr. KS Pannu, Commissioner Food Safety and Drug Administration Punjab.
The Commissioner informed that a raid was conducted around midnight by food safety team along with the police officials at a house in Mansa.
The domestic premise was being used to prepare the ‘fake branded products’. The accused were caught preparing fake brands of Verka, Amul and Milkfood ghee. Besides, fake Tata Salt, Good Day Salt, Tide Detergent and other fake products under the label of famous brands were found on the spot.
The accused made desi ghee from vegetable fat mixture and stamped and labeled the packets at their house. Five brands of vanaspati were being used alongwith three brands of desi ghee of low cost to concoct a mixture to fill in the packaging similar to top brands in the market. A crude "chulha cylinder" was installed to mix vanaspati, cooking medium and mixture of oils to make ghee. A large number of labels of various products were recovered, indicating the involvement of other people stationed at different places for preparing and selling the fake products under the garb of famous brands. About 700 printed packets of Tata Tea Gold filled with low quality tea were also found. Entire stock including wrappers and packets was seized and FIR has been registered under relevant sections against the accused.
Similarly, a case of fake labeling case pertaining to mustard oil was detected in Sangrur where in a mustard oil packer by the name of Ganesh Trading Company was found labeling the rice bran oil as pure mustard oil. The owner confessed the crime. Sampling was done and the unit was sealed.
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