A judicial magistrate court here has found guilty a grocer for adulteration of Bengal gram flour and sentenced him till the rising of the court.
According to the prosecution, the Food Safety Department Virudhunagar District Designated Officer, W. Salodeesan and the Sattur Municipal area Food Safety Officer, S. Narayanan, conducted a surprise inspection in Sattur on September 9, 2016.
During the inspection the officials took samples of Besan flour (bengal gram flour) and sent it to Government Food Laboratory for analysis.
It was found that the sample had an unsafe mixture of rice flour, pea flour added with Tartrazine for colour.
After the Commissioner of Food Safety gave prosecution sanction, the Food Safety Officer filed a case against the accused under the provisions of Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 in the Judicial Magistrate Court.
The Magistrate, V. Geetha, also imposed a fine of Rs. 15,000 on the shopkeeper, Chandran, on Monday.
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