Mumbai, Oct. 28 -- The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has seized food articles worth Rs 25.54 lakh from 14 food business establishments across the state during inspections conducted on October 25 and 26, as part of a crackdown on unhygienic and potentially unsafe food products ahead of the festive season.
FDA Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe said the drive covered Greater Mumbai, Konkan, Pune, Nashik, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Nagpur and Amravati divisions.
The seized stock comprised 9,384.9 kg of food articles, 7,566 packets of expired packaged food, 7,104 bottles of carbonated beverages and 88 litres of milk. The products included mawa-based sweets, namkeen, shev-chivda, chips, dry fruits, almonds, soya chunks, wheat flour, ...