Adulterated Agra Petha, white wash cement, Alum stones and artificial food colors were seized from the accused’s possession.
Hyderabad: Continuing its crackdown on adulterated food products in the city, the Hyderabad Task Force on Wednesday raided several sweet shops and ice cream manufacturing units across the city and arrested two persons on charges of adulteration in two different cases on Wednesday.
In the first case, police arrested Ram Singh, 37, a sweet maker and resident of Jiyaguda. According to Task Force personnel, Ramsingh was indulging in preparing ‘Agra Petha’ in his sweet shop at Jummerat Bazaar in Shahinayathgunj without any valid certificate from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and was selling adulterated Agra Petha without any brand label.
“We found him selling sweets prepared using white wash cement, Alum, Sodium Hydrosulphide and other artificial food colors. He was selling the adulterated sweets to customers,” said B Limba Reddy, DCP, Task Force.
Adulterated Agra Petha, white wash cement, Alum stones and artificial food colors were seized from his possession. He was handed over to the Shahinayathgunj police for further action.
In the second incident, the Task Force raided Sindhu Food Lines, an ice cream manufacturing unit, at Bapuji Nagar in Musheerabad and arrested one person.
The arrested person, Pattala Ashok, 45, proprietor of Sindhu Food Lines and resident of Bapuji Nagar was allegedly making ice creams in different flavours by mixing non-ISI brand milk powder and local color emulsion and food colors.
Officials seized around 100 expired flavoured milk bottles and other incriminating material from his possession. He was handed over to the Musheerabad police for further action.
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