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Maharashtra FDA Seizes Food Stock Worth Rs 25.54 Lakh in Statewide Crackdown

Mumbai, Oct 28 (UNI) The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has seized food articles worth Rs 25.54 lakh from 14 food business establishments across the state during inspections conducted on October 25 and 26, as part of a crackdown on unhygienic and potentially unsafe food products ahead of the festive season.
FDA Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe said the drive covered Greater Mumbai, Konkan, Pune, Nashik, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Nagpur and Amravati divisions.
The seized stock comprised 9,384.9 kg of food articles, 7,566 packets of expired packaged food, 7,104 bottles of carbonated beverages and 88 litres of milk. The products included mawa-based sweets, namkeen, shev-chivda, chips, dry fruits, almonds, soya chunks, wheat flour, desiccated coconut powder, gulab jamun mix and beverages.
According to the FDA, the violations included sale of food products without proper labelling, unhygienic manufacturing and packaging practices, suspected substandard or adulterated food, operating without valid licences and failure to maintain records of expired stock disposal.
In Greater Mumbai, food articles worth Rs 6,99,630 were seized from Ananta Food Products in Bhandup and Curated Foods in Goregaon over violations involving chips, dry fruits and almonds.
In the Konkan-Thane division, the FDA seized expired packaged food worth Rs 6,88,042 from Cloudstore Retail Pvt Ltd in Bhiwandi. The action involved 7,566 packets of expired products for which disposal records were not available.
In Pune, 87.6 kg of anarse worth Rs 17,520 was seized from Prathmesh Products in Sukhsagarnagar for misbranding. In the Nashik-Dhule division, 2,100 kg of wheat flour valued at Rs 71,500 was seized from Sachin Industries in Awadhan MIDC for labelling and hygiene violations.
The Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar division accounted for seizures worth Rs 7,09,394 from six establishments Bikaner Mithaiwala in Waluj, Varadvinayak Enterprises in Nanded, Pable Namkeen in Beed, Sahyadri Foods in Jalna, Zum Zum Industries in Beed and Korde Foods in Latur.
At Bikaner Mithaiwala, 56.5 kg of sweets were seized after khoya was allegedly replaced with barfi. The stock was destroyed and the establishment's licence was suspended. The action in the division also covered soya chunks, namkeen and 7,104 bottles of carbonated beverages.
In Nagpur, the FDA seized 2,674 kg of desiccated coconut powder worth Rs 2,67,100 from Giridhari Trading Company in Itwari.
In Amravati, food articles worth Rs 1,00,572 were seized from Rajhans Dudh Agency and K L Food Industry in Tiwsa.
The seized products included 88 litres of milk and 148.4 kg of gulab jamun mix.
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