Imphal, June 09 2014: A retailer and its godown which mixed four different brands of cooking oil and sold the adulterated oil by packing it in tins of a popular brand have been sealed by the Food Safety Wing.
At the instruction of NAB OC Inspector RK Bikramjit, SI Jiten and SI Shamu raided a godown at Mantripukhri at around 11 am today.
It was during the raid that the NAB team saw the act of mixing different brands of cooking oil.
The NAB team raided the godown on a specific tip off about presence of intoxicating substances in the area.
As it was not their duty, the NAB team informed the Food Safety Wing.
Food Safety Officer Imphal Y Shatrajit and his Churachandpur counterpart Th Sunil came to the godown and sealed it.
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The godown belongs to Ajoy Traders, Thangal Bazar and its owner is one Mulchand from Rajasthan.
The plot and building of the godown belongs to one Momon who works in FCI.
Four cooking oil brands; Neeraj, Tagore, Ruchi Gold and Shivam were poured out on RCC floor and the mixed up oil was collected in a depressed portion.
The oil thus mixed up are filled in Neeraj brand tins using sieve.
It was found that oils thus mixed had already expired.
Yet, the adulterated oils were sold by Ajoy Traders.
Food Safety Officer Y Shatrajit said that people involved in food adulteration and selling such food items can be arrested and punished under the Food Safety Standard Act, 2006 .
Both the godown located at Mantripukhri and the retailer shop of Thangal Bazar have been sealed and a thorough investigation would be conducted, Shatrajit said.
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