40 tins of spurious vanaspati seized

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, August 30

As many as 40 tins of spurious vanaspati weighing 600 kg were seized by teams of the Kapurthala Health Department during a drive on Thursday.

Heath officials, including Assistant Commissioner, Food, Dr Harjot Pal Singh and Food Safety Officer Satnam Singh, initiated the drive in the morning from Dhilwan Toll Plaza.

A Mahindra Bolero Maxi Truck from Ludhiana, en route to Amritsar, was stopped for checking. A total of 40 tins of vanaspati were seized from the truck.

The tins were not bearing any label on them. A label is required to mention information such as the name or nature of the product contained, name and complete address of the manufacturer or packer, date of manufacturing or packing, best before or use by the date, lot/code/batch identification, net quantity and nutritional information.

All these details are mandatory to be mentioned on the label of any sealed food item as per the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Regulations, 2011.

All 40 tins were seized after taking its two samples. Thereafter, the health officials took these into custody and further action will be taken after getting the report from the State Food Laboratory, Kharar.

The legal action will be initiated in the court of law against the offenders as per the report of analysis of the State Food Lab, Kharar, under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, and Rules and Regulations, 2011.

Samples of milk products taken

Jalandhar: A team of the Health Department, on Thursday conducted sampling of milk and milk products in various areas of the city.

The team comprising District Health Officer Dr Balwinder Singh, Food Safety Officer Rashu Mahajan and others, started a crackdown against adulteration at 6 am and took six samples of milk and milk products, after laying a trap at Pathankot Chowk.

The team later collected a sample of ‘khoya’ at the Golden Avenue locality. An official said in this month, the food safety wing had collected 122 samples, including 91 milk and milk products, and the samples had been sent to the State Food Testing Laboratory, Kharar.

He said under the ‘Tandarust Punjab Mission’ such drives would continue in the coming days as well.