Milkman caught selling synthetic milk in Kareli

ALLAHABAD: Close on the heels of the TOI report exposing how unscrupulous elements were putting the lives citizens at risk by selling synthetic or adulterated milk in the current season, officials of the department of food safety and drug administration along with police apprehended a milkman from Kareli area for selling synthetic milk. The entire 65 liters stock of milk was destroyed by the police and a named FIR has been lodged against the milkman. According to chief food inspector Hari Mohan Srivastava, the owner of Kamal dairy, located at Karamat ki Chowki, reported that a milkman named Nanke Yadav brings adulterated milk to his dairy. The police team and the officials of the food safety department subsequently reached the spot and apprehended Nanke. On being questioned, he admitted that he uses refined oil, milk powder, baking soda and a paste to make the base. In half a kilogram of this base, he mixes 10 liters of water and thus makes the 'milk'.  The raiding team destroyed the entire stock, filled in two large-sized milk tanks, that was in possession of Nanke. "Samples of the adulterated milk have been taken for analysis and the rest of the milk, around 65 liters, was destroyed then and there," said Hari Mohan Srivastava. The police have lodged an FIR on the complaint lodged by the owner of Kamal dairy, he added. The officer further informed that when the report of the samples come and the samples are found unfit for human consumption, a fresh FIR would be lodged against Nanke Yadav under Food and Safety Standard Act 2006 wherein he could face imprisonment from three to ten years. TOI, in a recently published news had mentioned how milk was in high demand due to the ongoing marriage season when the bulk of supplies are consumed by hotels, restaurant owner's and marriage houses. Taking advantage of the shortage, some unscrupulous elements engaged in preparation of synthetic milk stepped into the market supplying spurious milk at less than half the rate to sellers who are more than willing to become a partner in their nefarious activities. Synthetic milk is usually prepared by mixing washing detergents and refined oils with milk to simulate the original texture which is very hard to differentiate from real milk without a proper laboratory test.  The chief food safety officer told TOI that the team also seized two bags of Gutkha from a pan vendor who was selling the same from a shop located in front of Khulabad police station. Likewise, two halwai shops preparing sweets were also raided and it was found that 'samosas' were being prepared at the shops under extremely filthy conditions. Moreover, the shops did not have a proper license.
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