Feb 21, 2018
Food companies slapped Rs 4 Lakhs fine for ‘misbranding’ rusk
BAREILLY: Additional district magistrate (city) OP Verma on Tuesday has slapped a rusk-making unit and a milk processing unit under the Food Safety & Standard Act (FSSA) with a fine of Rs 4 lakh and Rs 2 lakh respectively for violating the norms.
The food safety inspectors had collected rusk samples in 2016 from a food products company in Fatehganj West and from a restaurant at CB Ganj. The food products firm was found guilty of misbranding the rusk it produces. ADM imposed a fine of Rs 4 lakh on the unit.
Similarly, the lab reports said the milk sample, collected from a restaurant in CB Ganj was substandard. The manager of the milk processing unit that supplies pasteurized full cream milk was fined Rs 2 lakh.
A team of food safety and drugs administration (FSDA) department had raided the food products company on February 11, 2016. The team “purchased” four packets of rusk from the unit and sent the same to the government-run laboratory in Varanasi for tests.
The lab report came in December 2016. Thereafter, the FSDA officials took the matter to the court of the ADM. The lab report said that the manufacturer had not declared its batch number and packing date on its wrapper. Besides, nutritional information and “best use before” dates were written in small letters instead of capital letters, which is a violation of FSS (packaging and labelling) regulation, 2011. The lab report termed the sample as “misbranded”.
In another matter, FSDA team had collected milk samples from CB Ganj in October 2016 and sent the same to the Varanasi lab. The lab report suggested that the milk fat was about 23% deficient, “Hence the sample is substandard.”
The ADM said, “After hearing both sides and on the basis of evidences produced by the FSDA officials, the food products company is found guilty under section 58 and 52 of FSSA. Similarly, manager of the milk unit is found guilty under section 51 of FSSA.”
The court slapped a fine of Rs 4 lakh on BR foods while City Fresh was penalised by Rs 2 lakh. Both the guilty are given 30 day time to deposit penalty amount in the court.
Food safety teams raid sweet shops collect samples in Pilibhit
PILIBHIT: With Holi round the corner, a team of food safety department raided three sweet shops in Amaria on Monday and collected samples of different sweets for a lab test. They also destroyed adulterated sweets such as jalebi and carrot halwa.
Samples of edible refined and mustered oils were also collected from many shops. The samples were sent to a state laboratory in Lucknow. Meanwhile, an action report was filed before additional district magistrate (judicial) Vinod Kumar Gaur.
The food department swung into action following the order of the officer designated of food safety and drug administration, V K Verma. The drive will continue till Holi.
According to Verma, a food safety team also sealed a meat shop in Amaria, which was running without licence. Another departmental team collected samples in Puranpur tehsil area on Tuesday and checked quality of edible materials at 10 shops.
FOOD OPERATORS WARNED OF ACTION FOR FAILING TO REGISTER WITH DEPT
Panaji (Goa): The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has asked all the food operators to follow proper procedures to carry out their business at different establishments failing which they will face penal action.
“The food business operators operating canteens, eateries, food joints and/or supplying food to all educational institutes like school, Higher Secondary Schools, Colleges, Universities, Technical Training Centers as well as food business operators operating in Government offices, private offices, etc are required to obtain either the registration or license under the food safety and standard Act., failing which penal action shall be applied as per the provisions of law,” FDA official said.
The Food Safety and Standards Act, mandates the need of a license/registration to operate any food business in the country, and the food business operator found operating without the stipulated license/registration, are dealt under the penal provisions of the Act, which includes a fine up to Rs 5 lakhs, and imprisonment for a term which may extend up to six months.
The food business operators are also expected to operate their kitchens as per the hygienic and good manufacturing practices guidelines, stipulated under schedule 4 of the Food Safety Act, 2006. As such, all food business operators are requested to obtain License/Registration and to maintain hygiene in their kitchen, failing which they are warned of action as per the provisions of law.
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