960 Kilos Of Ginger-Garlic Paste Being Sold At A Low Price Seized In Telangana's Khammam District

A task force has been conducting inspections at various food-related locations in Telangana. Over the past few months, the officials have found food safety violations at restaurants, sweet shops, cloud kitchens, shawarma units, paan shops and other kinds of establishments. More recently, it visited a manufacturing unit in the Khammam district and discovered serious issues on the premises. The state-level task force inspected the 'Magic Ginger Garlic Paste Unit' in Ricca Bazaar on November 18, 2024. Firstly, they found out that the unit lacked a valid FSSAI license despite being operational.

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Other lapses were also noted. The team said that there was "no signboard of the unit on the premises". Additionally, "no satisfactory explanation was provided regarding repacking of material." There were several defects in the labels on products. For instance, both the batch no. and FSSAI logo were missing. There was a grave food safety concern arising due to a storage problem. The task force discovered that ginger garlic paste was stored in the vicinity of chemicals, detergents and phenyl products. They also seized 960 Kilos of Ginger Garlic Paste, which was suspected to be adulterated due to "foul smell and inconsistency." As per the officials, the product was being sold at an "abnormally low price," which could have made them more suspicious. The team has stated that samples have been collected and will be sent for lab analysis to investigate further.

State Level Task Force team has conducted inspections in Khammam District on 18.11.2024.

𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗚𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁, 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗰𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝘇𝗮𝗿, 𝗞𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗺 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗻

* Unit operating with no valid FSSAI license.

* No sign board of unit in the… pic.twitter.com/fw18gJJkkN

— Commissioner of Food Safety, Telangana (@cfs_telangana) November 18, 2024

Before this, the task force inspected a bottled water supplier in Hyderabad's Kachiguda area: K2 King Aqua and Beverages. The officers revealed that they seized stocks of around 19000 litres "for violation of FSS [Food Safety & Standards] prescribed norms". This stock included 1-litre and half-litre bottles with names such as "Brislehri" and "Kelvey". Click here to read the complete article.

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