FDA seizes adulterated sonpapdi
TNN | Jan 4, 2019, 05:42 ISTNagpur: Food and Drug Administration (FDA) team seized 4,873kg adulterated sonpapdi worth Rs3,16,745 from Ganga Sweets, Pachpaoli, recently.
Acting on a tip off that owner Raju Shivaji Bhunje was using green colour-coated groundnut pieces instead of pista in manufacture of sonpapdi, FDA team led by Milind Deshpande, assistant commissioner (Food), and comprising of food safety officers Anant Chaudhary, Abhay Deshpande and Praful Tople conducted a raid.
The green-coloured groundnut pieces and artificial edible green colour recovered from the shop were sent to a laboratory for testing. The misleading label of ‘Pista sonpapdi’ was found on the product, the team said adding that further action will be taken under suitable sections on receipt of analytical report.
The raid was conducted under the guidance of joint commissioner (Food) Shashikant Kekre who has urged people to lodge a complaint regarding food adulteration on 0712- 2562204.
Acting on a tip off that owner Raju Shivaji Bhunje was using green colour-coated groundnut pieces instead of pista in manufacture of sonpapdi, FDA team led by Milind Deshpande, assistant commissioner (Food), and comprising of food safety officers Anant Chaudhary, Abhay Deshpande and Praful Tople conducted a raid.
The green-coloured groundnut pieces and artificial edible green colour recovered from the shop were sent to a laboratory for testing. The misleading label of ‘Pista sonpapdi’ was found on the product, the team said adding that further action will be taken under suitable sections on receipt of analytical report.
The raid was conducted under the guidance of joint commissioner (Food) Shashikant Kekre who has urged people to lodge a complaint regarding food adulteration on 0712- 2562204.
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