Agra: More than 9000 litres of adulterated semi-refined soyabean oil was seized by a team of Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) officials here on Monday.
A team of officials from FSDA, led by assistant commissioner of food safety Vineet Kumar, conducted a surprise raid at a private (Yogesh Enterprises) godown at Jagner road Rui Ki Mandi of Shahganj police jurisdiction and found large quantities of adulterated cooking oil being offloaded from truck inside the godown.
Officer Kumar said, "We have seized over 9000 litres of adulterated semi-refined oil, which is unsuitable for human consumption. The pungent smelling oil was red dark and the owner of oil godown was selling the oil in local market."
"We have also seized eight 50 kg weighing ghee containers, as the owner of godown Yogesh couldn't present the bill and the supplier name from who he bought the product. This suggested, that ghee too was adulterated," he added.
The FSDA have collected the samples of ghee, oil and sent to the laboratory for testing.
Official sources said, "People in the oil godown were blending low grade refined soybean oil with high-end branded mustard oil. They have been selling adulterated oil bottles for several weeks."
It may be noted that adulteration of food items becomes even more rampant on festive occasions with local food processing units and dairies supplying low-grade items to customers.
According to FSDA officials, "If the seized sample of cooking oil fails laboratory tests, then an FIR will be lodged against the plant owner following which the accused may be awarded a jail term of upto three years."
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