25,000 litres of edible oil seized

An enforcement team of Food Safety and Drug administration (FSDA) on Friday raided five edible oil mills and seized more than 25,000 litres of oil.

FDA official H S Abdi said the team found violation of standards set by FSDA. A few of mills were running without licence. The team also collected samples of Mustard oil, rice bran oil and refined soyabeen oil.

He informed that around 23 tonnes of edible oil worth Rs 12 lakhs was seized from a mill. Around 330 litres of edible oil worth Rs 20,000 was seized from another mill. Around 210 litres of mustard oil and 500 litres of rice bran oil were also seized.

FSDA team also raided two food joints and collected samples of colour, ice cream mixture and cream. Officials destroyed cake wrapped in printing paper. Samples of biscuit, chocolate, cherry and pine apple cake were collected.

Raids were conducted on the directives of commissioner, Food Safety and Drug Administration, Badal Chatterjee.