Mar 17, 2019
135 quintal ‘atta’ seized from FCS&CA store, samples sent for testing
JAMMU, Mar 16: About 135 quintals of ‘atta’ at new store of the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) Department located at Nagrota was seized today by a Food Safety team and after sampling sent for testing in the laboratory.
A Food Safety team led by Food Safety Officer Pervaiz Ahmed today conducted a surprise inspection of the FCS&CA store at Nagrota and seized the whole lot of ‘atta’ which was near about 135 quintals packed in 270 bags of 50 kg weight each. The team also lifted samples of the seized ‘atta’ and sent for its quality testing in the Food Safety laboratory of Jammu.
According to the reports, the seized ‘atta’ were supplied by five different Mills-Durga Flour Mill, Bari Brahmana (8 quintals), Ambika Flour Mill, Seora, Bishnah (40 quintals), National Rural Flour Mill, Gangyal (40 quintals), JK Flour Mill, RS Pura (7 quintals) and Shri Vaishno Flour Mill, Bari Brahmana (40 quintals).
The inspection was conducted under the supervision of Designated Officer Devi Dutt Sharma, and on the directions of Commissioner, Food Safety, J&K, Dr Abdul Kabir Dar. The inspection officers also instructed the store officials not to supply atta in fair price shops till the outcome of the testing report.
The action came as a follow up of the Excelsior story published two days back in which it was highlighted that the sub-standard ‘atta’ is being supplied in Government depots.
Zomato, Swiggy served notices for delivering non-veg food in Haridwar
DEHRADUN: The food safety section of Uttarakhand health department has served notices to officials of Swiggy and Zomato in Haridwar for violating municipal norms by delivering non-vegetarian food in restricted areas of the holy city.
Giving out details, RS Pal, deputy food safety officer, Haridwar, said, “Local residents had complained to city magistrate Jagdish Lal recently. Following which, we were asked to investigate the matter. The two companies failed to show Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) licence to the teams that had gone to inspect their offices. The firms also had not obtained no-objection certificates from the municipal corporation to deliver non-veg products.”
He added that they violated the bylaws of the holy city and hurt the sentiments of the locals. “The bylaws of Haridwar municipal corporation prohibit sale of non-veg food items and meat products within city limits, including Jawalapur, Har-ki-Pauri, Kankhal, Kharkhari, Motichur and Haripur areas. We have now given them seven days to present their side.”
When contacted, Zomato said in an emailed reply, “We have been working with FSSAI over the past year to ensure that there are no complaints. We have already applied for a licence for our operations in Haridwar. We respect the religious sentiments of the holy city and will oblige with the directives set by the authorities.”
A Swiggy spokesperson said, “We deeply regret the lapse in delivering non-veg food in the restricted area. We have addressed the issue and would like to reiterate that as of March 16, Swiggy is delivering only vegetarian food in Haridwar.” The email further stated, “Swiggy has a central FSSAI licence and only lists FSSAI registered restaurants on the platform.”
FSDA, police recover 500 cans of adulterated oil in Agra
AGRA: In a pre-Holi raid, the Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) and Chhatta police recovered 535 cans of adulterated refined oil from Shankar ki bazaariya area in a joint operation. The stock had been stored in cans of a well-known oil brand to be sold in the market.
The team however failed to arrest any person in the operation, which took place on Friday late night. According to FSDA, each oil can has a capacity of 15 litre and the value of the all the cans together is Rs 5 lakh.
Speaking to TOI, Ramashish Maurya, chief food safety officer of Agra said, "After a complaint about adulterated refined oil from local retailers, a raid was conducted in Chhatta police jurisdiction and 8,025 litre of foul oil was recovered. The sub-standard oil had been prepared to be sold in containers of a popular soybean refined oil brand."
"An FIR for copyright violation has been lodged by Fortune Oil Company. Meanwhile, we have sent the oil samples for testing, while the police team is searching for the men behind the illegal business," he said.
On March 13, the FSDA and Makhanpur police team of Firozabad district had recovered Rs 5 lakh worth of refined oil and other items, including 148 empty oil cans and 520 stickers of a company on whose name the adulterated oil was being sold in the market.
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