RANCHI: The district administration seized around 4,000kg of adulterated paneer along with 15kg of spurious ghee from five buses coming from Bihar in the early hours of Sunday.
Ranchi's food safety officer S S Kullu said, "We had inputs from various shopkeepers that adulterated food items were being brought to Ranchi in buses, hence we carried out inspections at Booty More. While checking, we found around 4,000 kg of adulterated paneer from five buses coming from Hajipur, Bakhtiyarpur and Patna."
Interestingly, those working in the buses had no idea of the people involved in the scam. They said that they were told to unload the packages at certain locations, Kullu said. "We are trying to trace the culprits. We will take action as per the Food Safety & Standards Act and direction from the administration," Kullu added.
A spike in adulterated food items has been observed during festivals, therefore, the district administration formed a team and carried out inspection at various shops. Under the special drive being carried out from March 4 to 9, the team has visited more than 60 shops in the city and took 16 samples of food items, which have been sent to the state's food testing laboratory in Namkum.
The sub-divisional magistrate of Ranchi, Lokesh Mishra, said, "We are carrying out special drives at bus stops, sweet shops and railways stations to seize adulterated food items."
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