Food Safety Dept conducts raids, seize milk products

Ahmedgarh, October 4

Officials of the Food Safety Department raided establishments dealing in food products, besides intercepting vehicles transporting various items.

They also seized the entire stock of packed drinking water at a Kaheru Plant and took the samples of various products.

Sangrur Assistant Commissioner (Food) Ravinder Garg said raids were conducted at various establishments dealing in food products, including milk products and packaged water.

A dairy named Chaman Milk Centre was also raided by the team where a huge quantity of paneer, desi ghee, curd and milk were found. Two samples of paneer and one sample each of milk, dahi and ghee was sealed for further testing of purity and fitness. The team sealed two samples of mustard oil at Shree Gurcharan Parkash Oil Mill where nothing objectionable was found.

A raid was conducted at a packaged drinking water unit at Kaheru where water was being packed under the name of Greatway. The entire stock of 2,390 boxes of packed water, each containing 24 glasses, was seized, besides stopping the sale of the product.

The team also intercepted a truck coming from Saharanpur and heading to Samrala in Ludhiana which was carrying 100 quintal of gur of Surya brand and 25 quintals of shakkar laced with unpermitted colour. One sample of each was sealed. Another vehicle carrying about 55 bags (each containing 65 packets) of Anshul brand tobacco was intercepted and a sample was sealed. A vehicle carrying 150 boxes of Flake brand packaged drinking water and 125 boxes of Mango Flake was intercepted and one sample of each product was sealed. —OC