Patiala (Punjab):Officials in Punjab have seized huge quantities of spurious diary products from storehouses here on
Wednesday. Acting on a tip-off, officials from the state administration and police
raided two storehouses stacked with fake diary products. "While raiding two places,
approximately around 200 quintals of spurious diary product and ingredients for
making fake sweets have been seized. This is a great achievement. Adulteration
putting to risk many lives," said Y.S. Banga, Health Officer, Patiala. No arrests
have been made so far. Action has been taken against food adulteration and unauthorised
storage of food grains and other essentials in recent weeks across the country
as authorities stepped up a drive to check spiralling prices in the wake of a
prolonged dry spell as monsoon eluded June-July and the shortfall in rains compensated
very late for the summer sowing.
