Made in Pune label for adulterated food from Karnataka draws FDA’s ire

The office raided Modern Dairy and found that the adulterated products were manufactured at Santosh Milk Products, Tathawade, Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation

In another surprise raid, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Pune seized stocks of adulterated cottage cheese and creme from Santosh Milk Products at MIDC, Tathawade on Monday.

In a surprise raid, the Food and Drug Administration Pune seized stocks of adulterated cottage cheese and creme from Santosh Milk Products at MIDC, Tathawade on Monday.(PHOTO FOR REPRESENTATION PURPOSE ONLY)

The office raided Modern Dairy in Camp on April 26 and found that the adulterated products were manufactured at Santosh Milk Products, Tathawade, Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC).

FDA raided the unit and seized 1,024 kilogrammes of adulterated cottage cheese, 4,682.2 kilogrammes of adulterated cream, and milk products worth Rs 9.73 lakh.

Suresh Deshmukh, joint commissioner FDA, Pune, said, “Large quantities of cottage cheese were brought from Karnataka and packed at MIDC unit under label ‘Manufactured in Pune’. Santosh Dairy products do not have an official permission of packaging and marketing milk products from FDA.”

The officials informed that curd was seized on grounds that it was claimed to be made from whole milk. However, tests revealed that it was made from cow milk. The seized stock would be destroyed and process to shut down the dairies was underway.

Earlier in the month, surprise checks were conducted at 100 food industry units, including chilling centres, creameries, milk establishments across the city.