FSSAI penalises Sopan Restaurant for selling sub-standard food on Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express

The FSSAI has penalised Sopan Restaurant after a milk sample collected from the pantry car of the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express was found to be sub-standard. The regulator acted following laboratory analysis and adjudication proceedings under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.

New Delhi: Food safety regulator Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has imposed a penalty on Sopan Restaurant for selling sub-standard food in the pantry car of the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express after laboratory analysis found a milk sample to be below prescribed quality standards.

In a post on social media platform X, FSSAI said an adjudication order had been passed against Sopan Restaurant following the sale of sub-standard food on Pantry Car No. 15904 of the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express.

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“An adjudication order has been passed against Sopan Restaurant following analysis of a Nova Flavoured Double Toned Milk sample collected from Pantry Car No. 15904 (Chandigarh – Dibrugarh Express),” it stated.

The action stems from the analysis of a sample of Nova Flavoured Double Toned Milk collected from the train’s pantry car.

The sample was tested by the State Public Health Laboratory in Assam, which declared it to be sub-standard under the provisions of the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act, 2006.

Following the laboratory findings, the Designated Officer of the Northeast Frontier Railway at Maligaon forwarded the analysis report to the manufacturer and other concerned parties for necessary action.

Thereafter, the adjudicating officer at Alipurduar issued notices under Section 68 of the FSS Act, 2006, initiating adjudication proceedings.

Based on the proceedings, the adjudicating officer passed an order imposing a penalty on the authorised representative of Sopan Restaurant for the sale of sub-standard food, the regulator said. However, FSSAI did not disclose the amount of the penalty.

The latest action comes amid intensified enforcement by the food regulator against violations by food business operators across the country.

Earlier this week, FSSAI suspended the licence of Punjab-based Rehaan Healthcare after inspections revealed serious violations at its manufacturing facility producing health supplements and nutraceuticals.

The company was directed to halt production until all deficiencies are rectified and verified by the competent authority.