Kanwal group was founded by Mohammad Amin whose son, Farooq Amin (above) is the present CEO of the company.
SRINAGAR — A Kashmiri lawyer who claimed to represent Kanwal Agro Food Industries barged into the office of Srinagar Municipal Corporation Tuesday and threatened the officers with dire consequences for making public a report which had revealed that the a spice manufactured by Kanwal group contained carcinogenic substances.
A senior SMC official wishing anonymity said the lawyer, Molvi Aijaz, who was appointed as amicus curie in the infamous Kashmir Sex Scandal, barged into the SMC office and harassed the officers who had sanctioned an investigation into the saunf powder manufactured by Kanwal group.
“He threatened that Kanwal group had tentacles everywhere in the system and that SMC had committed a big mistake by making the report public,” he said.
A forensic test by Kolkata’s Central Food Laboratory Monday revealed that the powder contained Carmoisine and Tartrazine which can cause serious health hazards including cancer.
However, Kanwal group Tuesday issued a statement that the company has initiated legal action against an SMC health officer for ‘maligning the image and credibility of the company’.
“The sample was sent to the office of the Public Analyst Kashmir Province who cleared the samples as unadulterated and fit for consumption. The concerned health officer was dissatisfied with the report. We have initiated legal action against the concerned Health Officer as no SOP's have been followed in our case and the rules and regulation laid down in the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 were not followed,” the company statement reads.
However, a senior SMC official told Authint Mail that if the saunf powder was unadultered, as claimed by Kanwal, why was it lifted back from the market.
“If the saunf is indeed free of carcinogens, what was the need of lifting the product back from market? They are even claiming to have destroyed the spice. If the product is clean, what is the need of destroying it and incurring losses” he said.
Despite repeated attempts, officials of Kanwal group could not be reached for their comment.
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