Nagpur: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials have seized sub-standard betel nut costing Rs3.87 crore in raids conducted in last two days in various city godowns and cold godowns following information from public sources. FDA has sent 12 samples for testing.
FDA joint commissioner Shashikant Kekare told TOI that the biggest seizure costing over Rs2.5 crore was made from a single godown near Surabardi from Shri Vidyasagar Roadways. "Since the publication of the news of adulterated and substandard betel nut in newspapers, in last one month, FDA has been getting many calls from citizens informing about the storage at various places. We have seized only betel nuts. We are sure it will prove substandard and adulterated," he said.
The other seizures were made at Jaiswal Trading Company, Chikli Lay Out Kalamna, Bhopal Indore Roadlines, Bhandara road, Royal Marketing, Itwari, PPP Enterprise, Telipura, Trimurti Traders, Maskasath, PM Company, Telipura, ST Traders, Itwari and Nandi Gruh Udyog, Chikli Lay Out.
The raids were conducted under the supervision of Kekare and assistant commissioners FDA (food) Milind Deshpande and Sharad Kolte. The other team members included Abhay Deshpande, Manoj Tiwari, Vindo Dhawad, Praful Tople, Amit Uplap, Seema Surkar, Akhilesh Raut, Anand Mahajan, Bhaskar Nandanwar, Lalit Soyam, Anant Chaudhary and Pravin Umap from the vigilance wing of FDA.
The raids were conducted under the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Act and the 2011 rules.
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