Apr 27, 2019
FSSAI sleuths bust adulterated ice-cream racket
Vijayawada: Food safety officials along with legal metrology sleuths conducted a simultaneous raid at a private food company and caught them in possession of adulterated ice-cream stocks at Bhavanipuram area in the city, on Friday.
The raids were led by Krishna district joint collector Kritika Shukla at Sri Sai Maruthi Milk Products, in Gollapudi and Sri Guru Venkateswara Food Products, in Bhavanipuram. Officials said that they acted upon several complaints by consumers against these two companies.
Assistant food controller N Purnachandra Rao said that the ice creams contained high dose of synthetic colours and other electrolysis chemical powders. Officials also added that the products were manufactured under unhygienic conditions. They were packed without the requisite manufacturing date labels which is a violation of the Legal Metrology Act. Around eight samples of different ice cream varieties were collected and sent for testing to a FSSAI lab.
While addressing the media, Kritika Shukla said that stringent action would be taken against manufacturers, if they fail to meet the requisite FSSAI norms and also cautioned consumers to check the labels and be wary before providing ice-creams to their children.
Spurious ice cream making units raided in Mumbai
The FDA officials have seized the goods and sent them for analysis.
Sanjay Dabhade, a health activist at Jan Abhiyan said there is a greater probability that milk and milk products sold in Mumbai are adulterated or are of poor quality.
Mumbai: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Maharashtra, has conducted surprise raids on various ice cream manufacturing units in Mumbai. The FDA realised that manufacturers have been using edible oil to make the so-called ‘ice-cream’ desserts.
A frozen dessert is a mixture of milk powder, vegetable oil and artificial sweeteners. While, as per the norms of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), ice cream is made of milk and cream free of artificial sweeteners. The FDA officials have seized the goods and sent them for analysis.
An FDA official said, “We suspect that the manufacturers have been using low-quality edible oil to make the so-called ‘ice-cream’ dessert. Ahead of summer, we have started a special drive against the sale of frozen dessert being served as ice cream. Several companies are selling ‘ice creams’ that are actually frozen desserts but not ice creams. The FDA was also tracking manufacturers using edible oil to prepare desserts and ice creams.”
Shailesh Adhav, joint commissioner, FDA, said, “Based on a tip-off and complaints of frozen desserts being sold as ice cream, we held surprise raids on the manufacturers, which were using edible oil and have violated food safety norms. We are also checking if the edible oils are of poor quality, which could risk lives.”
Dr Sanjay Dabhade, a health activist at Jan Abhiyan said there is a greater probability that milk and milk products sold in Mumbai are adulterated or are of poor quality.
FSSAI partners with a US firm to improve food testing
Is the milk you drink adulterated? Are fruits available in market spiked with colourants and sweeteners? A new food testing facility coming up in Ghazibad can make the process of finding adulterants and contaminants in food easier and more accurate. The Food Safety and Standards Association of India (FSSAI) has partnered with Thermo Fischer Scientific, a US based biotechnology firm, to address food safety and food quality concerns in India.
The objective of the partnership is to facilitate and build world class food testing capabilities in India. Thermo Fisher Scientific will offer skilled analysts to conduct high quality food testing and to also train food scientists.
The CSC is equipped with latest innovations in liquid, gas and ion chromatography, mass spectrometry, and trace element analysis. “The upcoming Customer Solution Center (CSC) at Ghaziabad is equipped with advanced analytical solutions that will overcome a wide range of challenges presently faced by food safety scientists. For example, detecting organic pollutants like brominated flame retardants and chlorinated paraffin in food. The CSC will be equipped to find these pollutants within a routine food safety analysis laboratory environment,” says Amit Chopra, managing director, India and Middle East Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Similarly, finding and accurately measuring trace pesticides on apple skins and micro concentrations of lead and nickel in foods will also be possible at this new food testing facility.
I&C deptt cancels registration of SK Foods
Deptt has zero tolerance for malpractices, production and sale of unhygienic foods: Dir
General Manager District Industries Centre Srinagar Syed Sajjad Qadri Friday ordered cancellation of Registration of M/S ‘SK Foods’ set up at Industrial Estate, Khanmoh, Srinagar for violation of the J&K Industrial Policy 2016 and Food Safety Standards Act, 2006.
Qadri while taking cognizance of the social media reports and the tweet of District Magistrate Srinagar Shahid Iqbal Chaudhary has in his cancellation order quoted that the said unit had been provisionally registered for ‘Packaged Drinking Water’.
The provisional registration of the unit had lost its validity already but was still found operating illegally and in an unapproved line of activity.
The provisional registration of the unit has been permanently cancelled.
Director Industries and Commerce Kashmir Mahmood Ahmad Shah appreciated the action taken by the GM DIC Srinagar.
He had also reported that the aforementioned unit had been indulging in the unauthorized manufacturing of pickles and other food products in the premises of the unit for which the provisional registration for drinking water had been sought.
“Food Safety Officers sealed the unit after the department found it mandatory to cancel the registration of the Industrial Unit which was found to be engaging in malpractices by filling old stock of pickle in fresh bottles and relabeling relabeling it with fresh manufacturing dates. Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Shahid Iqbal Chaudary also echoed the similar views.”
Department has ordered unit holds to do fair trade practices and it holds zero tolerance for production and supply of unhygienic and unhealthy food products in the market for public consumption.
Food Safety officers conduct inspection of food establishments
JAMMU: A team of food safety officers of Municipal Limit Jammu led by Dr. Parvesh Kumar Assistant Commissioner, Food Safety conducted inspections of various food establishments at Shiv Market, Rail Head Complex Jammu.
In all, 16 food establishments including Dhabas, dry fruit outlets, Hotels, restaurants etc out of which eight food business operators were Challaned under section 56 and 58 of Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 , Rules and regulations 2011 as they were manufacturing and storing food under insanitary and unhygienic conditions. Among those Challaned were Lakshmi Vaishno Dhaba, New Gupta dry fruit, New Kashmir dry fruit, Jai Durga Dry Fruit, Shubam General Store, Sharma Vaishno Dhaba, New Rimzim Vaishno Bhojanalya and New Jagdambay Vaishno Dhaba located at Shiv market, Jammu. Moreover, one awareness programme for food handlers of hoteliers was organised wherein large number of food handlers were participated and were made aware regarding Food Safety and Standards Act 2006. The team comprised of Food Safety Officers Ajay Khajuria, Hans Raj Andotra, Daleep Singh and Sabha Rasool.
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