Rs 3 lakh fine imposed for selling spurious Ghee

JAMMU: In a land mark judgement,  the Additional District Magistrate Kishtwar,  R.K Shavan   in the capacity of  Adjudicating Officer under the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, on Monday imposed rupees three lakh as  penalty on a firm and distributors  for selling spurious ‘Desi Ghee’.
The Adjudicating Officer also directed the firm to remove all spurious ghee items  from the market as the same was hazardous for consumption.
As per the case, ‘Deep Classic Cooking Medium’, commonly projected as Desi Ghee was found misbranded and unfit for human consumption.
From the samples, it was found that the ghee lifted  by Food Safety Officer was  misbranded.
A Challan was produced before the Court of Additional District Magistrate who after hearing  the case, imposed the penalty of Rs 3 lakh.
The manufacturer, “Tapan Agro industries Pvt. Ltd Dayal Bagh Agra was  penalized with a fine of 1.40 lakh and the main distributors  Bodh Raj- Vishno Das Gupta of  Nehru market Jammu, was  penalised with Rs one lakh, while as food business operators –Jughal Kishore, of Janta Atta Store  and. Narinder Kumar  of Paras Ram Narinder Kumar  of Kishtwar  were penalized with Rs 30,000 each.
It  was also  established during the arguments that this brand of  Deep Ghee was already found adulterated two years ago but the case  was still pending in the court and the manufacturer was supplying misbranded item without any deterrence or accountability.
The adjudicating officer had not only imposed a fine of Rs three lakh  but also directed the manufacturer “Tapan Agro industries Ltd. Agra (UP)” to recall/ withdraw  food articles from the market immediately .
The court of Adjucating Officer while delivering the judgement,  held that in order to free the society from the menace  of adulteration, such cases need to be dealt  with iron hands.
Soon after the  decision,  two offenders food business operators deposited Rs 60,000  as fine in the court.
Sajjad Hussain Gagroo,  Food Safety Officer and  Tariq Ahmed designated officer appeared from prosecution side.

Deep Desi Ghee found adulterated, manufacturer, distributor penalised

Kishtwar Feb 18: In a land mark judgment, the Additional District Magistrate Kishtwar, Rajesh Kumar Shavan (KAS) has imposed Rupees 3.00 lakhs as penalty on “Deep Classic Cooking Medium” commonly known as Deep Desi Ghee under the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006.
After hearing to the prosecution, which also presented reports of samples Desi Ghee which were sent to Jammu for their quality analysis, DM Rajesh Kumar Shavan found that Deep Desi Ghee was not fit for human consumption and it was not as per the standards of Food Safety and Standards Act 2006. He thus imposed a penalty of Rs 3 lakhs on Deep Desi Ghee.
During hearing of the case, as per the report of Public Food Analyst Jammu, ADM Kishtwar found guilty the manufacturer / distributor and the food business operators. The manufacturer “Tapan Agro industries (Pvt. Ltd) Dayal Bagh Agra (U.P)” has also been penalized with a fine of Rs. 1.40 lakh. The main distributors Bodh Raj Vishno Das Gupta 7C Nehru Market Jammu who distributed the food  articles to Kishtwar has also been penalized as a fine of Rs 1.00 lakh.
Apart from this, the food business operators, Jughal Kishore son of Chuni Lal Gupta (Janta Atta Store Shaheedi road Kishtwar ) and Narinder Kumar son of Paras Ram (Shaheedi road Kishtwar)  have also been penalized with rupees thirty thousand each. The adjudicating officer not only imposed a fine, but also directed the manufacturer “Tapan Agro industries Ltd. Agra (UP)” to recall/ withdraw the food articles from the market immediately after issuing notice in the national daily under intimation to the court.
The adjudicating officer while delivering the judgment has held that in order to free the society from the menace of adulteration such cases need to be dealt with iron hands. Soon after the decision, the two offender’s food business operator’s deposited sixty thousand fine in the court. Sajjad Hussain Gagroo Food Safety Officer Kishtwar and Tariq Ahmed designated officer appeared from prosecution side.