Expired food products were seized from two ice cream manufacturing units in Bengaluru, while inspections at facilities in Raichur and Mysuru uncovered unhygienic conditions and labelling violations, during a statewide food safety drive that covered 45 units, the Karnataka Food Safety and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Friday.
The FDA collected 70 samples of ice cream, milk, milk powder, flavouring substances, sugar, food additives and other raw materials for laboratory testing.
The department said the tests would assess whether the products met prescribed food safety standards.
The department has not yet reported the results of these tests. Earlier reporting noted: The inspections, conducted on the directions of health and family welfare minister U T Khader, are part of a wider crackdown launched by the state FDA in August. The drive, conducted on the directions of Health and Family Welfare Minister U T Khader, is part of the department’s enforcement action against food safety violations. The department has since expanded its inspections across the food supply chain, covering star hotels, restaurants, food storage and distribution facilities, quick-commerce warehouses, government canteens and paying guest accommodations.
“During the special inspection drive, a total of 70 food samples were collected from various ice cream manufacturing units, including ice cream, milk, milk powder, flavouring substances, sugar, various food additives and other raw materials. Both Bengaluru establishments will face further legal action under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, and the rules and regulations framed under it, the department said. Accordingly, ice cream products valued at ₹ 20,000 were seized,” the department said of the Mysuru inspection. Earlier reporting noted: BENGALURU: In its latest action under an intensified food safety enforcement drive across Karnataka, the Food Safety and Drug Administration (FDA) inspected 45 ice cream manufacturing units on Thursday and found expired ingredients at two units in Bengaluru, unhygienic conditions at a facility in Raichur, and labelling deficiencies at units in Bengaluru and Mysuru.
The samples have been sent to the concerned Government Food Laboratories for analysis to assess their quality and compliance with the prescribed food safety standards,” the department said in a statement. “Expired food products, including plain caramel, Nestlé Milkmaid and Milky Mist khoa, were seized from the said ice cream manufacturing unit. In addition, deficiencies relating to labelling requirements were also observed,” the department said. “During the inspection of the said ice cream manufacturing unit, deficiencies relating to labelling requirements were observed. The FDA said inspections of ice cream manufacturing units would continue across Karnataka, with legal action against establishments found violating food safety requirements.
Earlier raids in Bengaluru have targeted food storage and supply facilities, where officials seized expired and improperly labelled products and investigated alleged attempts to relabel expired food for resale. Earlier reporting noted: These have been sent to government laboratories for analysis to assess their quality and compliance with prescribed food safety standards.
