Food regulator FSSAI has suspended the license of Marche Retail Pvt Ltd for serious violations of law and also prohibited Daman-based SDP Industries from selling all variants of ghee.
In a social media post on Sunday, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said it has suspended the license of Marche Retail Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, and has issued a prohibition order to SDP Industries Pvt Ltd, Daman, after “uncovering serious food safety violations”.
The license of Marche Retail was suspended after it detected serious non-compliances during inspection and subsequent follow-up scrutiny of the food business premises, the regulator said.
In the case of Marche Retail, the FSSAI said the establishment was found operating with “deficiencies relating to design, operational controls, sanitation, personal hygiene, food-handler training and mandatory record-keeping during the inspection”.
The FSSAI license has been suspended for 30 days.
The regulator has told the company to “cease and desist” from all food business activities and directed it to rectify mistakes.
In the case of SDP Industries, the FSSAI said that it has issued a prohibition order for “non-compliant ghee products and adulteration concerns”.
During enforcement inspection and sample examination, the regulator said the company’s multiple ghee products, including variants marketed under brands such as “Shraddha”, “Shree Saras” and “Gokul”, were found non-compliant with the applicable requirements under the FSS Act, 2006.
“Laboratory analysis of the ghee samples detected A-sitosterol, a plant sterol that is required to be absent in ghee, along with non-conformity in the fatty-acid composition. The findings were indicative of the presence of foreign/vegetable fats and raised serious food safety concerns,” the FSSAI pointed out.
The regulator has asked SDP Industries to immediately stop selling all variants of ghee manufactured, stored or sold from its authorised premises.
The company has been directed to ensure that the prohibited products are not placed in the market or sold to consumers with immediate effect and until further orders, the FSSAI post said.
PTI
