The Food Safety Department in the district has imposed a fine of Rs
82,500 on four traders of the district for violating the Food and Safety
Standards Regulation Act 2011.
The fine was imposed as the packaging and levelling on the goods were
found misleading. The samples of the goods were sent to the food
testing laboratory at Rudrapur last month.
“The four traders, namely Tikendra Singh from Didihat, Niraj Upadhaya
and Basant Kandpal from Pithoragarh town and Kundal Jimiwal from Ogla
town near Didihat have been fined Rs 7,500, Rs 40,000, Rs 20,000, and Rs
15,000, respectively. The samples of goods taken from their shops have
been found to be of substandard quality,” said Prashant Arya, SDM,
Pithoragarh.
“We have taken strong steps to check adulteration of food items on
Holi. We have constituted teams to check the sale of substandard food
items,” he added.
Fining option is not used by many state Enforcement teams . Why ? It sis source of income to Govt. and also awareness to FBO s and Consumers.
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