25,000 Kg Spices Seized, 3 Arrested: Hyderabad Food Adulteration Crackdown
The crackdown has covered spices, ginger-garlic paste, meat, paneer, dairy products, fruits, pickles.
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Hyderabad food adulteration crackdown
National · 6 updates
Spices coated in cloth dye, talcum powder? Hyderabad raids expose food adulteration
Over 25,000 kg of hazardous chemical-laced spices were seized during raids. Three people were arrested after inspections uncovered alarming non-compliance with food safety laws. Dangerous practices involved synthetic chemicals, cloth dyes, and shining powder in spices. Strict legal proceedings are initiated against violating business owners under the Food Safety Act. Enforcement drives will continue to ensure safe, unadulterated food products reach consumers.
Hyderabad-FAST seizes over 25,300 kgs of cloves, fennel seeds and other spices adulterated with dyes, synthetic colours and talcum powder
The seized products includes 7,920 kgs of ajwain, 6,700 kgs of jeera; 4,960 kgs of mustard; 2,350 kg jeera dust; 2,280 kgs shajeera, 550 kgs cloves, and 540 kgs fennel seeds
Fake paneer, adulterated spices and other violations detected by Hyderabad-FAST in under 5 months
Adulterated tea powder, fake paneer, low-quality coconut powder repackaged into branded packets, use of decomposed food are among violations detected in Hyderabad
After Hyderabad-FAST crackdown, kirana merchants body asks police not to target genuine traders
The Association to alert Hyderabad-Food Adulteration Surveillance Team (H-FAST) if any of its member is found to be involved in food adulteration or other unethical trade practices
36 tonnes of adulterated ghee, raw material seized in Hyderabad
The adulterated ghee was reportedly distributed across Telangana and neighbouring states, thereby posing a serious risk to public health, police added.
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