Dairy faces Rs 50K fine for adulteration

Kanpur: In a verdict that came after 22 years, metropolitan magistrate (I), Kanpur Nagar, Nidhi Yadav, slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 on the dairy division of a firm for selling adulterated milk.
The magistrate observed in her order that if the firm failed to pay the fine, then the nominated representative of the firm, Abhimanyu Tandon, would have to undergo six months imprisonment.
According to food safety and standard department, inspector of the department, KP Sharma, had collected the sample of pasturised milk on April 8, 1997 which was tested at a lab in Varanasi on May 5,1997. As per the lab report, the sample was found adulterated with low fat quantity. The central lab too found the sample adulterated.
The prosecution had chargesheeted three official of the firm. During trial, the court had discharged the managing director of the firm from the charges while the case against another accused abated following his death, hence only the nominated representative of the firm faced the trial.