7 quintals of adulterated cheese seized in Balongi village of Mohali

Mohali, July 30

Sleuths of the Health Department, along with police officials, seized seven quintals of adulterated cheese from a vehicle near Balongi here this morning.

District Health Officer Dr Subhash Kumar said he received a complaint from the Balongi police that adulterated cheese was being supplied from Haryana at Barmajra near Balongi, which was being sold to shopkeepers in the area.

He said on the instructions of Civil Surgeon Adarshpal Kaur, a team of the Health Department was immediately constituted, which laid a naka near Barmajra this morning.

Dr Subhash said on suspicion, the team stopped a tempo. During search, a total of 680 kg of cheese was seized from the vehicle. The tempo driver told him that he was coming from Haryana and wanted to sell the product at Barmajra.

Dr Subhash said the cheese consignment worth Rs1.50 lakh had been seized and the sample had been sent to a food safety lab in Kharar. The report of the sample would come after 48 hours, following which action would be taken.

The official asserted that the Health Department was committed to ensuring quality, unadulterated and clean food to the people of the district. — TNS