The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (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. Taking it to social media post on X, 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". Serious non-compliances were found during inspection and subsequent follow-up scrutiny of the food business premises, the regulator said. The FSSAI said in the case of Marche Retail, 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. FSSAI told the company to cease and desist from all food business activities and directed it to rectify mistakes.
Non-compliant ghee products:
As per the FSSAI, in the case of SDP Industries, the regulator has issued a prohibition order for "non-compliant ghee products and adulteration concerns".
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 during the enforcement inspection and sample examination.
"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 said.
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.
(With Agency Inputs)
