Karnataka seizes food products worth Rs 5.99 lakh after inspecting 16 sweet units
Karnataka’s food-safety department inspected 16 sweet manufacturing units across six districts and seized products over expiry, mislabelling and other compliance breaches. Samples have been sent for laboratory testing, with legal action planned against violators.
What happened
Karnataka food-safety authorities inspected 16 sweet units across multiple districts, seizing products worth Rs 5.99 lakh for expiry, mislabelling and compliance issues. Samples were sent for testing, with legal action planned against violators under food-safety rules.
Key facts
- Rs 5.99 lakh worth of food products seized
- 16 sweet manufacturing units inspected
- 5 litres of expired Nandini curd seized
- 13 large and 6 small improperly labelled chocolate-decoration packets seized
- 10 kg of chocolate flavour seized
- 5 kg of rasgulla seized
- About 60 kg of misbranded food products found
- 367 kg of ready-to-eat savouries seized
- 4 kg of cocoa powder seized
- 4.5 kg of cracked cocoa beans seized
- 6 kg of khova seized
- 196 kg of fennel powder seized