Food Safety officials seize soft drink packets worth ₹35,000 from unit in Perambur

Food Safety Department seizes ₹35,000 worth of soft drink packets from unauthorised unit in Perambur, Chennai. Be cautious.

Officials of the Food Safety Department seized soft drink packets worth ₹35,000 from an unauthorised manufacturing unit in Perambur on Tuesday.

Following the death of a five-year-old child allegedly after consuming a packet of mango juice from a local shop in Tiruvannamalai district, Food Safety officials conducted inspections and found a manufacturing unit functioning at a house in Perambur.

“The local unit is manufacturing soft drinks. This is being sold for ₹10 per packet. We have lifted samples for testing,” P. Satheesh Kumar, Designated Officer, Food Safety Department, Chennai, said.

He urged the public not to purchase soft drinks that do not have a date of manufacturing, an expiry date, details of the company and an FSSAI licence details on the bottle/packet. People should be cautious of such unauthorised manufacturing, he said, and added that these inspections would continue in the city.