1,379kg of spurious desi ghee seized in Ludhiana

Food safety team collects eights samples of desi ghee, mustard oil, masoor dal and milk

A food safety team seized 1,379kg of spurious desi ghee following inspection at two godowns of a desi ghee trader at Dashmesh Nagar near Gill Road on Thursday.

A food safety team during a raid at a desi ghee godown in Ludhiana on Thursday. (HT Photo)

The team comprising food safety officer Yogesh Goyal and Dr Rajesh Garg also inspected sweets shops, a mustard oil manufacturing unit, departmental stores and a milk tanker, and destroyed expired soft drinks.

They collected eights samples of desi ghee, mustard oil, masoor dal and milk.