Ahmedabad: A snack manufacturing unit in Danilimda was sealed on Friday for poor hygiene, use of non-permitted colours and reuse of cooking oil. Officials from AMC’s health and food safety department said several other violations also came to light, after which AN Gruh Udyog was sealed and sale of 1,010kg stock was prohibited.The department stated, “To ensure citizens get quality and safe food products and to safeguard public health, the department is carrying out intensive checks on food businesses in the city. Inspection of AN Gruh Udyog found that provisions of Schedule-4 were not being followed. The business unit was lacking in hygiene, workers were not using hair nets or aprons, non-permitted colours were being added, and cooking oil was being reused repeatedly to fry snacks. FSSAI rules on packaging were not being followed. A total stock of 1,010kg including maida, masala peanuts, fine sev and farshi puri was put under a stop-sale order.”AMC tracing ‘no-tomato’ ketchup trailAhmedabad: After seizing a large stock of condiment that was being marketed as tomato ketchup, despite not using tomatoes as the key ingredient, AMC is now investigating which units the product, ‘Tasty Snack Touchup’, was being supplied to. AMC officials said units buying the product to sell to the public will also face action. AMC on Thursday sealed MJF Food on Pirana Road after finding that the ‘ketchup’ was being manufactured using potato flakes and cornflour along with sugar, salt, colour, acetic acid, preservatives and stabilisers. Tomatoes were not being used at any stage of the process. Around 2,000kg of finished product and raw material have been put under a ‘stop-sale’ order.
