Bathinda, December 29
A total of 15 sample of desi ghee collected from a factory in Ludhiana and from its employees here by the Health Department have failed the purity test.
The factory owner is accused of selling desi ghee in the region by pasting labels of Nestle and Verka brands.
District Health Department officials had informed Ludhiana officials about collecting samples from factory emplyees here. Thereafter, Ludhiana health officials had conducted a raid on the factory and collected samples of desi ghee on December 10. The health team had also recovered three tin of desi ghee.
Sources in the Health Department said the factory was manufacturing “adulterated” desi ghee and selling it in Bathinda, Ludhiana, Ferozepur, Mansa and other districts by pasting labels of premium desi ghee-making brands. After collecting the samples, the Health Department had sent them for purity test to the state laboratory in Chandigarh.
Dr Ashok Monga, district health officer, said, “The suspects had pasted fake stickers of Verka and Nestle on desi ghee packages (tins). They were also selling them in the region. The samples of desi ghee have failed the purity test and we will submit the report of the same to the police soon. As many as 15 samples have failed the purity test.”
Assistant Sub-Inspector Harjivan Singh said, “Suspects Suman Kumar and Lakhya Garg were in Bathinda to supply adulterated desi ghee. After getting a tip-off, we conducted a raid and arrested them. A case under Sections 272, 273, 420, 465, 467, 472 and 473 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Sections 59 and 63 of the Food Safety and Standard Act, 2006, at the Cantonment police station.”
Dr Monga said that in November, samples of turmeric powder, milk, tomato ketchup, cheese, desi ghee and curd had also failed the purity test. He added that in December, samples of Verka desi ghee, sunflower oil, rasgulla, curd and tamarind ketchup also failed to match the required standards.
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