4,700 Litres Milk Destroyed In Mumbai Food Safety Crackdown
Indian food safety authorities raided a dairy facility in Navi Mumbai, seizing and destroying over 4,700 litres of adulterated milk. The operation uncovered a racket involving the dilution of milk with skimmed milk powder and water, leading to the arrest of 15 individuals.
Why it matters
This highlights ongoing public health challenges regarding food safety and regulatory enforcement in India's dairy supply chain.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has busted a major milk adulteration racket operating out of the Mahape MIDC area in Navi Mumbai, seizing and destroying adulterated dairy products worth lakhs of rupees, officials said.According to an official release by the Thane district administration here on Monday, a special FDA squad raided M/s P.K. Dairy on August 19 following confidential intelligence. During the raid, officials caught accused Shivendra Shyamlal Jaiswal while diluting milk inside a tanker with a mixture of skimmed milk powder (SMP) and chilled water in collusion with dairy owner Pradeep Kamlesh Yadav."One kg of skimmed milk powder was mixed with 8 to 10 litres of chilled water using a plunger to adulterate the milk,' which was then supplied as pure cow or buffalo milk to…
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