PONDA: In a drive against the unhygienic andillegal food units, directorate of food and drugsadministration (FDA) raided four units at Tisk-Usgao, in Ponda and destroyed misbranded and unlabeled food articles worth 58,000 including gutka worth 18,500. FDA also sealed two units for unhygienic and filthy environment within their premises.
Food safety officers attached to the FDA, Rajiv Korde and Flavia DeSouza, conducted the raids on Thursday morning at the manufacturing units of wholesalers Mangu Singh, Yunus Khan andSanjay Kumar (All at Avanti Nagar in Tisk-Usgao), and Royal Sweets at Khandepar, who are engaged in manufacturing of farsan products.
These wholesalers were also found selling and distributing such food products without proper labels. Korde added that these units didn't have the necessary licenses thereby violating the provisions of the Food Safety and Standards Act.
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