Adulterated spices, fake paneer and other violations detected by Hyderabad-FAST in under 5 months
The Hyderabad-Food Adulteration Surveillance Team (H-FAST) and local police have conducted numerous raids, seizing over 246 tonnes of adulterated food products in five months. Violations include fake paneer, synthetic food colors, and unhygienic preparation conditions.
Why it matters
Exposes significant public health risks in the food supply chain and highlights the effectiveness of specialized surveillance task forces.
Seizure of over 25,300 kgs of spices in Hyderabad made people exclaim that no food products were spared of adulteration. A look at the list of the products seized by Hyderabad-Food Adulteration Surveillance Team (H-FAST) and Hyderabad Police Commissioner’s Task Force in the past a few months would give one idea about the range of the products either adulterated or food safety violations in their preparation.
They have uncovered usage of decomposed food , preparation of adulterated ginger-garlic paste, sale of cheese analogue products as paneer, fake paneer, adulterated tea powder manufacturing, low-quality coconut powder repackaged into branded packets, use of prohibited synthetic food colours , reused cooking oil and others.
The other violations they detected includes preparation of food in unhygienic conditions, and poor sanitation at food establishments.
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