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Indore Food Checks Find Unsafe Samples, Seize Excess Sugar
Food officials in Indore tested food from hotels, dairies, restaurants and other businesses.
At Hotel Sayaji, two of eight samples were unsafe and three were below the required standards.
Several ghee samples from two businesses were also declared unsafe.
The headline says 17 ghee samples were unsafe, but the detailed counts add up to 16.
Some milk, curd, paneer and ghee samples from other establishments met standards, while others were below standard.
Officials collected more samples after complaints and warned one restaurant about poor kitchen hygiene and missing medical certificates for food handlers.
They also tested milk at five dairies with rapid kits and taught students about possible adulteration.
A chocolate factory had 375 quintals of sugar seized because officials said it exceeded the permitted stock limit.
Sugar stocks at several other warehouses were reported to be within the 4,000-quintal limit.
Two of eight samples from Hotel Sayaji were unsafe, while three others were below prescribed standards.
The article’s headline reports 17 unsafe ghee samples, but itemized figures account for 16 across Duggu Enterprises and Krish Enterprises.
Several milk, curd, paneer and ghee samples from other Indore establishments either met standards or were below them.
Officials collected additional food samples after complaints, inspected kitchen hygiene and conducted rapid milk tests at five dairies.
The department seized 375 quintals of sugar from Pape Nutrition for allegedly exceeding the prescribed stock limit under the Sugar Control Order-2026.
- Who
- The Food Safety Administration, food businesses, dairy operators and sugar dealers in Indore.
- What
- Officials reported unsafe and below-standard food samples, collected further samples, conducted rapid milk tests and seized excess sugar.
- Where
- Indore, Madhya Pradesh, including Hotel Sayaji, Palda, Lasudia Mori, Vijay Nagar, Scheme Number 78 and other localities.
- When
- The reports do not specify a date; inspections and enforcement actions were described as ongoing.
- Why
- Actions followed laboratory results, consumer complaints and monitoring under food-safety requirements and the Sugar Control Order-2026.
Key facts
- Hotel Sayaji testing
- Of eight samples, two were unsafe and three were below prescribed standards.
- Unsafe ghee samples
- The headline reports 17, while the itemized figures total 16: nine from Duggu Enterprises and seven from Krish Enterprises.
- Complaints
- Samples were collected from Yaari Adda Bar and Jain Restaurant after complaints.
- Milk testing campaign
- Rapid milk tests were conducted at five dairies under the Triple T—Trust Through Testing campaign.
- Sugar seized
- 375 quintals were seized from Pape Nutrition in Palda.
- Sugar stock limit
- The prescribed limit cited for sugar dealers was 4,000 quintals.
- Legal action
- Officials said action would be taken under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.
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