Bhujia and Namkeen Might Soon Go Off The Shelves As FSSAI Takes Action Against CG Foods

FSSAI has taken another blow in the series and this time, under the microscope, there’s bhujia and namkeen. On Thursday, the food authority of India directed CG Foods India to stop the production of their ‘veg bhuja namkeen’ after there many violations of rules were found during the inspection. There were also hygiene issues involved.

In the now-famous social media post, FSSAI informed that it has initiated a quick action against CG Foods Pvt. Ltd., Ajmer, Rajasthan in the view of ‘unsafe processing, unlicensed bhujia manufacturing, and predated packaging". The authority had conducted an inspection at the outlet in Roopangarh of Ajmer to check the manufacturing and hygiene compliance.

"The unit was found re-processing floor-collected, broken noodles into bhujia products without heat treatment, along with using predated packaging dates. Unlicensed manufacturing of 'Wai-Wai MaMa' and 'Wai-Wai Mama Punte' bhujia variants was identified in direct violation of Section 31(1) of the FSS Act, 2006,” FSSAI said.

The food watchdog seized 32,107.2 kg of stock on-site, including loose broken noodles. It also detained 1,925 boxes of expired finished goods and initiated strict legal proceedings against the manufacturer. FSSAI has also directed the company to strictly discontinue the production of Veg Bhujia Namkeen…

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