Ghee adulteration: Gujarat government seeks suspension of Dudhsagar Dairy MD
The adulteration of dairy products and solutions is getting a rising concern in numerous parts of the region. In the hottest occasion, about 600 tonnes of adulterated stocks of ghee ended up recovered from a single of the units of Mehsana’s Dudhsagar Dairy, prompting the Gujarat govt to propose sacking of the Managing Director of the dairy union.
The registrar of cooperative societies in Gujarat on Thursday said that there is a scenario of negligence and dereliction of duty in opposition to the Managing Director of Dudhsagar Dairy. The investigation is on and the Board has been encouraged to suspend the MD on grounds of dereliction of duty.
Out of the whole 172 batches packed by Mehsana Dairy Union, 118 batches with amount of 600 tonnes really worth ₹40 crore ended up discovered to be adulterated. The adulteration is said to have been taken put all through June.
The GCMMF has also initiated high quality testing of about 512 tonnes of ghee stocks packaged at Mehsana Dairy and now lying at the branch warehouses. “If a sample fails in the high quality exam and discovered to be adulterated, the full stock will be despatched back again to Dudhsagar Dairy at its own cost and will only include to the noted adulterated stocks,” said the GCMMF letter, signed by Managing Director RS Sodhi asking the Directors to consider rigorous actions approved beneath the FSSAI suggestions in opposition to people involved in the legal act.
The letter also said that because the ghee was branded beneath Amul and Sagar makes, it was desired to suspend despatches of all stocks of ghee packaged at Mehsana dairy union. Also, it observed that there ended up experiences of adulteration of ghee in its other makes ‘Dudh Mansagar’ and ‘Dudh Motisagar’. “Therefore, the high quality office of the Federation has encouraged to end all despatches of ghee stocks from Dudhsagar dairy,” the letter said.
The Gujarat government’s Foods and Drug Handle Administration (FDCA) has now initiated an independent investigation into a achievable multi-Point out adulteration racket.