Food safety teams seize adulterated khoya in Agra, edible oil in M’nagar

Agra: As part of an ongoing crackdown on food adulteration, authorities seized and destroyed 1,320 kg of adulterated khoya in Agra and confiscated nearly 12,000 litres of adulterated edible oil in Muzaffarnagar over the past two days, officials said on Saturday.In Agra, the district administration intercepted a pickup van carrying adulterated khoya from Rajasthan around 8 am on Shamshabad Road. A Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) team seized 22 containers of khoya, each weighing 60 kg and valued at about Rs 2.37 lakh. On-the-spot testing by an FSDA mobile laboratory found the stock unfit for human consumption, following which the entire consignment was destroyed at the Bamrauli Katara dumping zone. Two statutory samples were sent for laboratory analysis. Driver Narayan Singh from Rajasthan's Dholpur district said the consignment belonged to state-based dairy trader Rajan Singh. Legal action under the Food Safety and Standards Act is underway. Meanwhile, in Muzaffarnagar, a food safety team raided a cooking oil unit operating as Kavya Trading on the Shamli Bypass and seized around 12,000 litres of adulterated edible oil worth about Rs 15 lakh. The premises were sealed, and eight samples of mustard oil, rice bran oil and colouring material were collected for testing. Officials said further action would depend on laboratory reports, with criminal proceedings likely if the oil is found toxic. Additional district magistrate Sanjay Singh said a joint enforcement team carried out the raid as part of ongoing action against food adulteration.