Officials from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India and the Railway police combined to seize several consignments of fish, meat and vegetables on Monday and destroyed them after it was found that they were past their use by date.
The consignments of food articles arrived at the South Railway Station by the Chennai-Alleppey Express and FSSA officials were tipped off about the condition of these items by the Intelligence wing.
Two of the 24 boxes, comprising fish, meat and vegetables, were found unfit for human consumption, said the official. He said that these boxes were taken away and destroyed in the presence of their owner.
The official said that though they were informed by the owners of the food items that these consignments were meant for supply to a ship’s canteen there were no papers to prove the claim.
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