Expiry date baby milk powder recovered: 1 lakh boxes found from warehouse in Patiala; The health department also caught medicines in the raid

Over one lakh cans of baby milk powder with expiry date recovered from a godown in Patiala district of Punjab. About 200 laborers were working on erasing the date from the box and applying a new label. Preparations were underway to supply them. This fraud was exposed in the raid of the Health Department. The team of the department has sent samples of milk powder for examination. At the same time, call the police station Anaj Mandi on the spot and get the milk powder cans caught, as well as wrote a letter to register a case against the factory owner.

Teams conducting raids in the warehouse.

Medicines of expiry date of 96 thousand were also found
Apart from the boxes of baby milk powder, medicines and other products with expiry date of about Rs.96 thousand have also been found. Medicines recovered include cough, infection cream, antibiotic capsules etc. The team of Health Department also called the team of Drug Controller Department to the spot. As soon as the information was received, officials of other districts including Sangrur, Ludhiana reached the spot and took possession of the expiry date medicines. The warehouse was rented about a month ago. The company is from Delhi and its products are also supplied abroad.

Health officials examining the recovered baby milk powder boxes.

food adulteration act and fraud case
Drug Inspector Karuna Gupta said that during interrogation, the manager of the warehouse could not show the food and drug license. The factory owner was also not present on the spot. Now action will be taken by issuing notice to the company. District Health Officer Dr. Shaili Jaitley said that the information about the incident was also given to the Deputy Commissioner. On his instructions, Tehsildar Ramsharan was sent on the spot. A case of food adulteration act and cheating is being registered. Food inspectors/drug inspectors of other districts were also sent to the spot.

Stocked baby milk powder cans and workers working in the warehouse.

Shiv Sena Punjab Pradhan had given information
Let us inform that the raid was conducted by the Health Department on the complaint of Shiv Sena Punjab Chief Vijay Kapoor. When Vijay Kapoor had told that he was passing through the factory area, someone told that milk powder cans are made in a warehouse by erasing the expiry date and applying a new label. While finding out, they reached the warehouse and went inside and saw that the workers were working. He immediately informed the Deputy Commissioner and Civil Surgeon about this. After this, the District Health Officer, Drug Department and Thana Anajmandi Police raided the warehouse.

Expiry date box found in the warehouse, on which preparations were on to put a new label.

Deadly expiry date milk for babies
According to District Health Officer Dr. Shaili Jaitley, baby milk powder is used for feeding babies, so the matter is being taken seriously and investigation is being done. Next action will be taken after the sample report is received. It is also being investigated from where milk has been sold from here till now. Information about sick children in the area is also being collected. At the same time, if health experts are to be believed, children who drink this old expired milk may have vomiting, diarrhea, stomach diseases, serious diseases of the respiratory tract.