Jalandhar, October 15: The health department today carried out raids at an outlet of a leading retail network and recovered old stocks, which were kept for sale with slips showing incorrect manufacturing details.
An official spokesman said on a tip-off, officials raided the premises of Vishal Mega Mart and recovered old stocks of fine wheat flour (maida) and rice flake (chidvade).
He said details like name of the manufacturer, date of packaging and batch number were not seen on the packets, which are mandatory under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act (PFA).
It was also found that the original dates of packaging were old and deliberately concealed by pasting new slips with dates from the recent past.
The seized samples would be sent to a laboratory, he said.
The proprietors of the company were not available for comment.
—Agencies