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BMC sanitary inspector held for accepting Rs 1.5 lakh bribe

The ACB had also picked up a civilian for allegedly accepting the bribe money on behalf of the constables, identified as Sandip Rane, Mukund Shinde, and Sanjay Talekar.

MUMBAI: A sanitary inspector of the Mumbai civic body was arrested on Monday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh for issuing a food license, an ACB official said.

Paresh Koregaonkar attached to R South ward was picked up when he was accepting the money from the complainant at the latter's shop in suburban Malad, he said. A case is being registered against Koregaonkar.

In a separate incident, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials had arrested three police constables on January 18 for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000 from the owner of a street food stall in Dharavi, the official said on Monday.

The ACB had also picked up a civilian for allegedly accepting the bribe money on behalf of the constables, identified as Sandip Rane, Mukund Shinde, and Sanjay Talekar.

They all are attached to the Dharavi police station in central Mumbai.

EOW to send gutka samples for test after food safety clearance

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh economic offences wing (EOW) has decided that samples of gutka and other raw materials that the food safety department had received following purity tests, would be sent for separate testing.

Incidentally, the EOW had recently raided a factory in Govindpura and seized samples of gutka and other raw materials. On Monday, the food safety department received reports of 40 samples sent for purity test, which included 12 samples of gutka. Out of the total 40, 15 have failed the test while remaining 25 cleared the Food Safety & Standards Act (FSSA) standards.

Among the 12 gutka samples, six samples of known gutka companies were found substandard while none of them were found unsafe for consumption.

The EOW, however, has decided to send samples of the gutka and raw materials for investigations to examine whether it contains hazardous substances, sources said.

“EOW has received some complaints about the samples so they want to verify at their own level,” said an officer in the local administration. Role of some top officials of the food department are also under scanner.

Meanwhile, sample of a brand of gutka, produced in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida, taken during a drive in MP were found to have magnesium carbonate content more than permissible limit, and has, therefore, been classified unsafe for consumption. Sample of betel leaves taken from New Market was declared ‘unsafe’ because it contained tobacco as well.

Besides, four milk samples taken from two establishment in the city were found substandard because they did not have the requisite fat content.

Producers/suppliers of all the samples found substandard or unsafe are being served notices under the provision of FSSA, said DK Verma, senior food safety officer based at Bhopal.

Meanwhile, mobile food lab, which is going to various localities in Bhopal to display how purity of edibles is checked can be checked at homes itself, on Monday went to Indrapuri, Anand Nagar, Gulmohar, Piplani and Bawadia Kalan areas and interacted with residents there. The sample brought by residents were put to test before them by the technicians accompanying the mobile lab and report were submitted on the spot. They were also given tips on how they can themselves check purity of goods by simple techniques. In all, 32 samples were tested in the drive against adulteration, now christened as ‘Shudh Ke Liye Yudh’.

Incidentally, it was the final day of mobile food lab on the roads of Bhopal. During past 10 days, while operating in different areas of Bhopal, the lab tested more than 300 samples brought by residents.

Food safety department opens its regional centre office at Kunnamangalam

KOZHIKODE: P T A Rahim MLA inaugurated the Kunnamangalam Regional Centre Office of the Food Safety department here on Monday.

With the commissioning of regional office at Kunnamangalam, traders and public residing in the limits of Kunnamangalam , Chathamangalam, Mavoor, Peruvayal, Perumanna and Olavanna panchayats need not visit the Mudalakulam office to register their complaints related to food safety and to renew their FSSAI license.

Kunnamangalam Block panchayat president Sunitha Puthukuzhiyil presided over the function . Food safety Beypore circle officer Dr Joseph Kuriakose; Vyapara Vyavasayi Ekopana Samithi president K K Jawhar; Kunnamangalam food safety regional centre officer A P Anu, Food Safety assistant commissioner P K Alleyamma and others attended the function.