New Delhi: The food safety task force in Hyderabad has uncovered a food safety violation from a popular tea wholesaler in Hyderabad. Upon inspection by the Taskforce of the Konark Tea premises, Fatehnagar on October 8, 2024, it was “found that adulteration of loose tea powder was being done here and then packaged and sent to various tea stalls in and around Hyderabad. Large quantities of adulterants were found and seized from the premises,” the official X handle of the Commissioner of Food Safety, Telangana, reported, according to NDTV.
According to reports, low-quality tea powder was mixed with coconut shell powder and artificial flavours, packaged, and sold at a higher price to various tea stalls in and around Hyderabad.
“Samples of tea powder were also collected for lab analysis. Action will be initiated as per the FSS Act, 2006. Thanks to the information received from Central Zone Police Task Force,” the food safety team added.
Task force team has inspected the premises of 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗲𝗮, 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗵𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗿 on 08.10.2024.
It was found that adulteration of loose tea powder was being done here and then packaged and sent to various tea stalls in and around Hyderabad. Large quantities of adulterants… pic.twitter.com/g2SvSqTZUb
— Commissioner of Food Safety, Telangana (@cfs_telangana) October 9, 2024
