Amreli, October 22 (IANS). The police, in collaboration with the Food and Drugs Control Administration (FDCA), have busted a milk adulteration racket running in a residential estate in Mityala area of Amreli district.
The officials seized the adulterated milk and arrested a suspect, Gunwant Shamji Kalsaria, with the contents worth Rs 2.21 lakh.
Adulterated milk was being packed in plastic bags for sale.
This is a new case of making fake goods in Gujarat, in which fake ghee and cheese were being made. Court officials and even IPS officers are also involved in this adulteration game.
FDCA has increased food inspection before Diwali. During this period, cases of food safety violations often increase.
Milk samples have been sent to Gandhinagar for testing. In a series of drives against food adulteration, FDCA of Gujarat is actively seizing and destroying large quantities of adulterated milk and milk products across the state.
In February 2024, FDCA officials had seized and destroyed about 10,000 liters of adulterated milk worth Rs 4.17 lakh in Palanpur and Gandhinagar.
Milk adulterated with maltodextrin powder was being supplied to a firm based in Palanpur. As part of the campaign, FDCA also seized suspected quantity of adulterated cheese.
In May 2024, FDCA seized 1,07,122 kg of adulterated milk and milk products along with 34,498 kg of adulterated ghee.
The value of these products is approximately Rs 8.03 crore and adulterated milk was traded over a period of ten months.
The milk supplied by various vendors was being used to make milk products and sweets for commercial sale. In August 2022, FDCA officials had caught a truck carrying 4,000 liters of adulterated milk at a checkpoint in Rajkot.
Upon investigation, the milk was found to be laced with harmful chemicals such as sulphate, phosphate and carbonate oil, which pose significant health risks to consumers.
–IANS
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