1000 kg adulterated butter sold under Amul butter package  

MUMBAI: NP NEWS 24 ONLINE- After videos of food tampering going viral, now food adulteration is buzzing. A shocking incident came forward after a Bhayander police station arrested five men for selling spurious butter by packing it under the name of Amul butter.

According to the report, a team led by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Atul Kulkarni made the arrests after busting the gang’s hideout at Bhayander Road under the limits of the Kashimira Road police station.

Pictures surfacing in the media show adulterated butter being filled into Amul packaging. At the time of the raid, police seized staggering 1,000 kilograms of butter along with packaging used by Amul Butter. An investigation has been launched into the case to ascertain how members of the gang got their hands on the packaging used by Amul cooperation.

The process of adding unwanted substances to food in a bid to increase profits is known as adulteration. While it is a common practice across the country, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) keeps a tight check on adulterated products infiltrating the market. Milk, tea, coffee, vegetables, dairy products along with wheat and other food grains are the most commonly adulterated products in India as per a report by the Annual Public Laboratory Testing.

Food inspectors with the municipal corporation in Gujarat’s Surat city busted a gang of wrongdoers who were supposedly mixing adulterated ingredients to butter and ghee before selling it off as pure to residents in Katargam and Varachh. During the raid which was conducted on December 12, officials seized 25 kg of loose butter and 15 kg of vanaspati ghee from one of the locations while recovering 12 ghee tins of 15 kg each and 48 packs of butter of 1 kg each from the gang’s second hideout.