Crackdown on food adulteration: 112 kg rice bran oil destroyed, substandard sauces seized in Lucknow.
safefoodmitra.com · 2025-03-12 00:39:59
On Monday, another team from FSDA raided a firm in Mahona, Bakshi Ka Talab, uncovering a large-scale adulteration operation. Officials found adulterated and substandard vegetable and soy sauces being produced and stored in poor conditions. A substantial stock of these sauces, along with large quantities of ‘Taza Brand’ salt, was seized. The FSDA team halted operations and issued a notice to the owner of the firm. Samples of the adulterated sauces and salt were sent for analysis.
Singh said the raid also revealed 44 tins of inferior and adulterated jaggery syrup, which were seized. Upon examination, the FSDA team found that the vegetable and soy sauces were adulterated with potato pulp. As a result, 130 cans of vegetable sauce worth ₹13,000 and 13 cans of soy sauce worth ₹1,500 were confiscated. The raid also saw the seizure of 20 bags of substandard ‘Taza Brand’ salt, valued at around ₹10,000.