India, March 20 -- Food safety teams in Gautam Budh Nagar seized nearly 400 kg of buckwheat (kuttu) flour from two establishments in Greater Noida on Thursday.

The flours were unlabelled and lacked basic traceability details, raising concerns ahead of Chaitra Navratri. Officials said the action was part of an ongoing inspection drive targeting food items related to fasting.

Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) officials said that large quantities of buckwheat were found in loose form without purchase records, while many packaged units lacked mandatory details such as manufacturing dates and batch numbers.

"Samples have been collected and the remaining stock has been seized. In Kulesara, teams recovered 240 kg of loose kuttu flour...