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Maharashtra FDA conducted a two-day testing campaign across the state.
Maharashtra’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has seized over 95 tonnes of food items like butter, paneer and khoya and 172 liters of milk during checks across the state in the last two days. Their price is around ₹ 4.45 crore.
According to the FDA, this campaign was launched to provide safe and clean food items before the festival. During this period, all these were investigated in Ahilyanagar, Pune, Nashik and Buldhana.
75 kg butter seized in raid on cold storage
Authorities raided a cold storage in Ahilyanagar and seized 75,368.8 kg of pasteurized unsalted cooking butter. Its price was around ₹3.95 crore. Officials feared poor quality of the stock and irregularities in labelling. Samples have been sent to labs for testing and the stock has been sealed.
FDA officials in Pune stopped two vehicles carrying adulterated paneer, khoya and curd for sale during the festival season. The festival season starts from September 14 with Ganesh Chaturthi.
A cold storage in Ahilyanagar was raided and 75,368.8 kg butter was seized. Its price was around ₹3.95 crore.
Even the bills for the cheese brought from Karnataka were not found.
Officials discovered that milk products were being transported in vehicles that did not have temperature control facilities. Even the bills for the cheese brought from Karnataka were not found. Some products were kept in unsealed polythene and were not labeled with correct information.
First, 24 samples were taken from the vehicle and 7,362.5 kg of cheese and other food items, worth ₹17.15 lakh, were seized. 12 samples were taken from the second vehicle and 6,081 kg of cheese, worth ₹14.55 lakh, was seized.
Milk products were being transported in vehicles which did not have the facility of temperature control. After this they were confiscated.
FDA raids in Pune, Nashik and Buldhana
- On September 9 in Pune, the FDA seized 4,627 kg of khoya without source information, worth ₹11.56 lakh, at KB Aggarwal in Peth. Later the entire stock was thrown away.
- In three operations in Pune, 18,070.5 kg of food items were seized and 69 samples were taken. Their price was ₹ 43.27 lakh.
- 1,955 kg barfi being brought from Gujarat was seized in Nashik, worth ₹5.58 lakh.
- During the inspection of milk center in Yerli, Buldhana, many deficiencies related to registration, cleanliness and records were found. 172 liters of milk was confiscated from here and thrown away.
On September 9, the FDA had seized 4,627 kg of khoya without source information from KB Aggarwal in Pune.
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