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Spurious milk seized from factory, owner held

PATIALA:The district police on Thursday claimed to have unearthed a “spurious milk” manufacturing factory at a border village, Mehon, near Devigarh.



Tribune News Service

Patiala, August 16 

The district police on Thursday claimed to have unearthed a “spurious milk” manufacturing factory at a border village, Mehon, near Devigarh. 

The Patiala police, along with a team of the Health Department, raided the factory and seized 7,000 litre of spurious milk from its premises.

During the raid, the police also seized 20 quintals of adulterated cheese, 24 quintals of adulterated desi ghee, 272 packets of dry milk, 300 detergent packets, 51 chemical containers (30 litre each), 15 chemical containers (50 litre each), 15 packets of caustic soda and some other chemicals. The police also impounded seven vehicles from the premises, which were used to supply the products.

After seizing material at Singla Milk Chilling Centre, the police raided the house of the owner; during the raid at the owner’s facility, police seized 4 lakh cash.

During the preliminary investigation, it has come to light that the seized spurious milk was being supplied to surrounding towns, and to the neighboring state Haryana. 

Investigation discovered that the spurious milk and milk products were reportedly supplied to the big sweet shops in Patiala city.

Interestingly, on Tuesday, Patiala Health Department and Dairy Development Department had raided and collected samples from Singla Milk Chilling Centre.

The said milk factory was manufacturing adulterated milk and milk products reportedly for the last four years.

The owner of the Singla Milk Chilling center has been arrested and being questioned about the supply of the spurious milk, says the police.

Patiala Senior Superintendent of Police, Mandeep Sidhu, said, “It is a major crackdown against the food adulteration as part of Tandrust Punjab Mission. The Patiala police will not spare such defaulters and will keep on raiding in the district.”

Raid followed tip-off

After a tip-off, District Police raided the factory today and caught, red handed, preparing the spurious milk. The SSP informed that police was keeping a close watch on the movement of the vehicles into the factory. After hours of vigil, police raided the factory when it realised that no milk was brought into the factory from outside.

What health experts say?

Health experts say that detergents (including caustic soda) cause food poisoning and gastrointestinal complications. The other synthetic compounds impair the functioning of various organs of the body, cause heart problems, cancer, and sometimes death. 

The immediate effect of drinking adulterated milk containing urea, caustic soda and formalin is ‘gastroenteritis’, but the long-term effects are known to be far more serious.

District Health Officer, Krishan Singh, said, “The owner has admitted that he was adding skimmed milk powder for the cost reduction of milk. We have found detergent packets which were, reportedly, used to whiten the milk and milk products.”

The seizure

  • 7,000 litres of spurious
  • 20 quintals of adulterated Cheese
  • 24 quintals of adulterated desi ghee
  • 272 packets of dry milk
  • 300 Fena detergent packets,
  • 51 chemical containers (30 litres)
  • 15 chemical Containers (50 liters)
  • 15 packets of caustic soda
  • Rs 4 lakh cash
  • 7 vehicles (bonded)

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