NASHIK: Nearly 800kg of rotten tomatoes and onions along with other goods worth Rs 1 lakh have been destroyed by the Nashik Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) on Wednesday evening while conducting a raid at a food processing unit in the Nashik road area.
The food safety officers said that during a routine inspection of Mangalam Foods on Naigaon Raod in Shinde, that manufactures tomato sauce, pickles, noodles, mixed fruit jam, etc., it was found that the unit was in a shabby condition. The concerned owners or proprietors of the food processing unit have been violating all the conditions of the license acquired from the FDA.
During the inspection, officials had to destroy nearly 800kg of rotten tomatoes and onions.
An officer said that the flooring of the processing unit was damp and the quality of water used for manufacturing the food articles was also questionable. "About 20 workers had hung their they dirty clothes in the unit and their medical check up was also not done. There is also no provision for warm water to wash the utensils," he said.
Food safety officers Vivek Patil and Sayali Patwardhan who carried out the inspection under the guidance of joint commissioner FDA (Food), Nashik Division U S Vanjari, appealed to people to refrain from food articles like pickle, sauce and jam which are sold loose or even served in in restaurants.
"We have sent the food samples to our laboratory and action against the concerned owner will be taken after we get the lab reports," Vanjari said.
The food processing unit has not been closed down yet as it is not in the power of the FDA unit here. Although the concerned owners have been warned of being shut down if unhygienic conditions are continued.
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