Gujarat’s Food and Drug Control Administration has seized over Rs 35 lakh worth of suspected adulterated ghee and oils. This action took place during recent raids in Surat and Deesa, following Health Minister Praful Pansheriya’s directive to intensify efforts against food adulteration. Officials reported the seizures on Saturday, highlighting the government’s commitment to ensuring food safety for consumers.
In Surat, officials raided a factory operated by Keval Food Product at Hindva Dream Industrial Estate in Stad Pardi of Kamrej taluka. Separately, the Palanpur Circle team of the Food and Drug Control Administration conducted raids at various firms in Deesa. “No person or business establishment found compromising the health of citizens through food adulteration would be spared. The campaign against adulteration in food products would be made stricter in the coming days,” Pansheriya warned. The latest seizures form part of enforcement action by the state authorities against suspected adulteration of food products, with officials focusing on both finished products and oils allegedly intended for adulteration.
Legal samples have been collected in all the cases under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, and sent to laboratories for examination.
