About 500 litres of acid kept at a sago manufacturing unit in Thalaivasal were seized by Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administration Department officials here.
A team led by District Designated Food Safety Officer T. Anuradha and food safety officers found that 189 litres of hydrogen peroxide, 120 litres of sulphuric acid, and 180 kg phosphoric acid were stored without obtaining proper licence.
The acids were meant for bleaching sago, which is prohibited under the food safety act.
Though the Food Safety Department has warned manufacturers against using acids and chemicals for bleaching sago, they continued to do so.
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