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Imphal FSOs seize Sea Cherry Mackerel worth Rs 30 lakh from ABC godown
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Saturday, 31 August, 2013, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Abhitash Singh, Mumbai
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fiogf49gjkf0d A team of food safety officers (FSOs) from Imphal West, Manipur, seized 14,520 pieces of Sea Cherry Mackerel – a brand of tinned fish – worth approximately Rs 30 lakh from ABC godown at Khuyathong on Wednesday. The samples have been sent to state food safety commissioner Sohail Akhtar for testing, and the FSOs are awaiting the results, which are expected a week from now.
The government of the north-eastern state imposed a blanket ban on the sale of Sea Cherry Mackerel a year ago because it was deemed unfit for human consumption, but some traders continue to sell it illegally. The product was seized from Meitei Traders, Masjid Road, who are the agents for its manufacturers, the Karnataka-based Sowkar Canning Company.
Yumnam Satyajit Singh, male health worker (MHW) and FSO from Imphal West, informed FnB News that the team started a month-long drive aimed at cracking down on Sea Cherry Mackerel. He added that the tins that were seized were either of a sub-standard quality or were not labelled properly.
He said that all the concerned authorities will meet to decide the action that would be initiated against the culprits, adding that he would appeal through FnB News to all agents to conduct proper checks on all the products coming to Manipur from manufacturers in other states before accepting them.
Appreciating the efforts of the team of FSOs from Imphal West, Singh said, “I thank all the chief officers for their cooperation, city police officer R K Tejbir for providing the required vehicles and the security personnel because of their cooperation towards the FSOs who found such products in the market of the state.”
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