Spurious soft drinks worth Rs81,000 seized

CHENNAI: The food safety department have seized spurious soft drinks worth 80,970 across the city since Wednesday. The raids were conducted in the various parts of the city after a TOI report on Wednesday about fake soft drinks firms flourishing in the city. Food safety officials had conducted raids in nearly 200 shops in T-Nagar, Broadway, Velachery, Teynampet. Officials seized had nearly 1,000 bottles of spurious soft drinks and more than 3,000 packets of coloured water. Officials said that they have decided to intensify raids across the city in the next few days. The officials said that several vendors are selling spurious drinks by duplicating the label and logos of major brands. The department is also planning to spread awareness among vendors about fake products that are flooding the market.
Health experts say spurious soft drinks can cause hepatitis, stomach diseases and typhoid. Complaints can be made to the food safety department at 044-23813095 or emailed to commrfssa@gmail.com. 

Source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com