Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 30: In a significant enforcement action to safeguard public health and uphold food safety standards, the Department of Food & Drugs Administration (DFCO), Jammu, under the leadership of Commissioner FDA J&K, Smita Sethi, successfully cracked down on a large-scale food adulteration racket in Bishnah, Jammu.
Acting on specific intelligence, a joint team of Food Safety officers, in collaboration with the Police and Revenue Departments, raided a cold storage facility at the Co-operative Society, tehsil Bishnah, district Jammu. During the inspection, an alarming quantity of adulterated sweets (Rasgullas)—approximately 440 quintals contained in 2750 tins—was seized. These products were suspected to pose a significant threat to consumer health and public safety.
The enforcement operation was spearheaded by Sanjeev Kumar, Joint Commissioner (Food Safety), and supported by Madan Magotra, Deputy Commissioner Food Safety (Jammu Division), and Pankaj Soni, Deputy Commissioner, ICIL Jammu. The Food Safety Officers involved in the raid included Vijay Verma, Zulfkar Malik, and Khaminder Choudhary.
During the inspection, the team discovered that the adulterated food was stored in a cold store run by Bishnah Cooperative Marketing Society and the Food Business Operator (FBO) was running the establishment without a valid license and in gross violation of the Food Safety and Standards Act (FSSA), 2006. Legal action has been initiated against the defaulters under the relevant provisions of the Act.
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