Pauri. A fine of Rs 2.10 lakh has been imposed on a Hatsan Ghee manufacturing company in Tamil Nadu. The court of Adjudicating Officer/ADM Pauri has imposed a fine on the company. The court has also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the seller shopkeeper not having a confirmed bill for the purchase of ghee. District Designated Officer and Food Safety Officer Pauri in the Food Safety Department, Pauri inspected the business establishments in New Bus Stand Pauri in February 2022. Was.
During this time, on 4 February 2022, he met M/s. Sampling of 4 jars of Hatsan Ghee weighing 200 ml each was done from JMD General Store. Whom were sent to Government Food and Drug Analysis Laboratory, Rudrapur for testing. The department received the report from the analysis laboratory on 11 May 2022. In the test, the butyro-refractometer reading of Hatsan Ghee was 40.8. Whereas according to the standard it is mandatory to be 41 to 44.
The department gave the shopkeeper and the manufacturing company a chance to get tested again from another lab. But he did not make any application. After which the department had filed a case in the court of Adjudicating Officer/ADM Pauri. On February 1, 2023, a notice was issued to the shopkeeper and the manufacturing company. Who were to present their case in the court on 30 September 2024.
The shopkeeper presented his side, but no company official arrived. The court had given the company the last chance to present its stand on October 7, 2024. Despite this no one arrived.
District Designated Officer Pauri AS Rawat said that the court of Adjudicating Officer/ADM Pauri Ila Giri has found Hatsan Ghee to be sub-standard under the standards of Food Safety and Standards Act-2006 and Regulation-2011. The court has imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh 10 thousand on ghee manufacturer Hutson Agro Products Limited, Palakode Taluk, Dharmapuri Tamil Nadu. Besides, a fine of Rs 10,000 has been imposed on businessman Ajay Thapliyal. Told that if the fine amount is not deposited by the ghee manufacturing company and businessman within the stipulated 15 days, recovery action will be taken like land revenue.