The Food Safety Department inspected 14 establishments in Hyderabad and destroyed 60 kg of ghee deemed unfit, while seizing 850 kg suspected to be adulterated. Commissioner Sangeetha Satyanarayana said the seized stock will be held pending laboratory reports and that legal action will follow if tests confirm adulteration.
A dairy unit owner was arrested in Masab Tank for allegedly manufacturing and selling adulterated ghee by mixing palm oil and vanaspati with cream. Officials seized goods worth Rs 18.26 lakh during a joint Task Force operation.
Secunderabad police arrested a 68-year-old man for manufacturing and selling adulterated cow ghee. The suspect mixed plant-based oils with food coloring, packaged 200 kg as cow ghee, and sold it in local markets. Authorities seized the ghee and related equipment.
Hyderabad:Two persons who were allegedly preparing and selling adulterated ghee were caught by the Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force (South) on Wednesday. The police seized 970 litres of the adulterated product from them. Those arrested persons were Deepak Penurkar (55) of Nanded district in Maharashtra and Rahul Agarwal (31) of Himayatnagar. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Task […]
