Maharashtra FDA seizes Patanjali ghee in ₹9 crore food drive
About 2,280 litres of ghee was taken from a distributor on suspicion of misbranding and adulteration; tests are pending and no reply from the company is reported
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Maharashtra's FDA seized food worth ₹9.01 crore from 114 establishments in a festive-season drive from October 28 to 31.
It took 2,279.7 litres of Patanjali cow ghee, worth ₹20.20 lakh, from a distributor in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, on suspicion of misbranding and adulteration.
Licences of 19 food businesses were suspended; the drive led to 13 FIRs and 16 arrests, The Hindu reported.