The food and drug administration (FDA) on Tuesday seized 538 adulterated bags of tea powder from Ponda resident Mohammed Ilyas Ahmed's Usgao go,down.
Each bag weighs 5 kg and is worth around ` 3,76,600 totally. FDA inspectors Abel Rodrigues, Rajaram Patil and Shraddha Kutikar conducted the raid.
The FDA has filed a case under the Prevention of Food Adulteration (PFA) Act, 1955.
According to FDA director Salim Veljee, Ahmed was to receive a consignment of adulterated 'Sona' and 'Ruby' tea powder from Shimoga in Karnataka.
Veljee said Ahmed runs a proprietorship firm in Shimoga under the name of Sona Enterprises and books consignments of tea powder for Goan firms with bogus names.
Each bag weighs 5 kg and is worth around ` 3,76,600 totally. FDA inspectors Abel Rodrigues, Rajaram Patil and Shraddha Kutikar conducted the raid.
The FDA has filed a case under the Prevention of Food Adulteration (PFA) Act, 1955.
According to FDA director Salim Veljee, Ahmed was to receive a consignment of adulterated 'Sona' and 'Ruby' tea powder from Shimoga in Karnataka.
Veljee said Ahmed runs a proprietorship firm in Shimoga under the name of Sona Enterprises and books consignments of tea powder for Goan firms with bogus names.
