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FDA seize 300 kg of barfi
Updated On: 14 November, 2012 09:21 AM IST | | A Correspondent
A special drive conducted by the Food and Drug administration (FDA) to curb adulteration during the festive season has resulted in FDA offcial's seizing 300 kg of special barfi and around 50 samples of various edibles on Sunday.
“Acting on a tip-off, we seized the barfi, which was being imported from Gujrat, because it wasn’t transported in a refrigerated van. Moreover, when we checked the date of packing, nothing was mentioned on the plastic containers. We have send the samples to the laboratory for quality and other checks,” said Shivaji Desai, assistant commissioner FDA (Food).u00a0

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