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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials raided a premises in Parra and detained food stock worth Rs 2.50 lakh. Over 10,000 labels of other suppliers were also seized in the raid.
The FDA as part of a special surveillance drive in view of the forthcoming Ganesh festival inspected the premises of Achlaram Chaudhary at Parra, who was found operating the food business without license and selling farsan and chips items.
According to FDA officials, the Food and Business Operator was packing chip
items using different labels of other suppliers, while most of the food items in his possession were suspected to contain colour and were misbranded.
"The said stock worth Rs 2.50 lakh has been detained and samples are
forwarded to FDA lab, while 10,000 labels of other suppliers were also seized," said Rajiv Korde, Senior Food Safety Officer, FDA.
The officials also inspected interstate buses to check for transport of mava.
Food inspector, Richard Noronha, Senior Food Safety Officer, Rajiv Korde, food safety officer, Madhav Kavleakr and staff Arjun Naik, Sainath Manderkar and Rohidas Gawas were part of raiding team.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials raided a premises in Parra and detained food stock worth Rs 2.50 lakh. Over 10,000 labels of other suppliers were also seized in the raid.
The FDA as part of a special surveillance drive in view of the forthcoming Ganesh festival inspected the premises of Achlaram Chaudhary at Parra, who was found operating the food business without license and selling farsan and chips items.
According to FDA officials, the Food and Business Operator was packing chip
items using different labels of other suppliers, while most of the food items in his possession were suspected to contain colour and were misbranded.
"The said stock worth Rs 2.50 lakh has been detained and samples are
forwarded to FDA lab, while 10,000 labels of other suppliers were also seized," said Rajiv Korde, Senior Food Safety Officer, FDA.
The officials also inspected interstate buses to check for transport of mava.
Food inspector, Richard Noronha, Senior Food Safety Officer, Rajiv Korde, food safety officer, Madhav Kavleakr and staff Arjun Naik, Sainath Manderkar and Rohidas Gawas were part of raiding team.
