71 bags of Goa Dairy milk powder sealed

Ponda: Over a year after testing milk from Goa Dairy for ‘bad odour’, a special team of the food and drugs administration (FDA) on Friday sealed 1,775kg of skimmed milk powder produced by the dairy over allegations of adulteration. Samples of the milk powder were subsequently tested. Results are expected in three to four days.

FDA director Jyoti Sardesai said the team had acted on a telephonic complaint about the alleged adulteration of the dairy’s skimmed milk powder. “A total of 71 bags of the powder weighing 25kg each have been sealed,” she said. The inspection was conducted by the senior food safety officer Abel Rodrigues along with food safety officer Amit Mandrekar.