Police seizes 10 qtls of adulterated desi ghee

Kumar Gaurav

Jalandhar, October 9, 2012: Commissionerate police and Health department today in a joint operation unearthed a ghee factory engaged in manufacturing fake desi ghee.

A total 10 quintals of desi ghee was seized during this operation.

The operation was carried out under the supervision of ACO Central Naresh Dogra and District Health Officer Dr. Jasbir Singh.

ACP Dogra said that the police had received a complaint from a company of Uttar Pradesh that a ghee factory manufacturing desi ghee was misusing its trade mark Balak Shudh Ghee following which the officers of the health department and Food and Civil Supply Department conducted the joint raid on the factory namely Deod Sidh Food Products located in Ramamandi here.

The police sealed the factory and arrested the owner Ravinder Gupta under Sections 420 of the IPC and 7 Essential Commodities Act.

ACP Naresh Dogra said that the unit was in operation for the last several years and the owners were using the trade mark of the Rudrapur-based company.

Dr. Jasbir Singh said that the owners had installed four sophisticated machines for mixing Dalda ghee and refined oil supplemented with flavours to convert the ingredients into desi ghee. The department had taken five samples of the ghee also which had been sent for testing in a laboratory at Chandigarh. Dr. Singh added.