Chandigarh – The vigilance of Food Safety Team Sangrur prevented the flow 169 litres of misleading spurious desi ghee into market, informed KS Pannu, Commissioner Food and Drug Administration Punjab.
Giving details, Pannu said that the food safety team raided the premises of R V Agro in Sunam late Thursday evening. The officers discovered 270 half kilogram jars of unlabelled desi ghee stacked in 9 boxes at the rate of 30 jars of 500ml in each box.
Similarly 34 unlabelled jars of 1 litre each too were found on the spot. Besides, 13 jars of Punjab Fresh Shudh Desi Ghee of 1 kg each and 2 jars of Shri Permanand Ghee of 500 ml each were discovered. The labels of multiple brands like Alto Ghee and Shri Permanand Desi Ghee were also found in the premises. Entire stock of ghee and labels was seized, informed Pannu.
