Archive · 11 Sep 2026
Maharashtra FDA Seizes Rs 20.48 Lakh Festival Snacks
The Maharashtra FDA checks whether food is safe to eat.
Before Ganesh Chaturthi and Navratri, officials inspected snack-making businesses.
They found many food products and ingredients that were poor quality.
The products included banana chips, sev, wafers and farsan.
Officials also found ingredients such as maida, besan and palmolein.
Nearly 29 tonnes of products and materials were seized.
The seized items were worth Rs 20.48 lakh.
The FDA said the food was made in very dirty and unsafe conditions.
The Maharashtra FDA seized nearly 29 tonnes of snacks, ingredients and edible oil.
The seized products were valued at Rs 20.48 lakh.
Officials inspected 11 establishments in Thane’s Shil-Diva area.
The inspection followed a tip-off received on September 9.
Authorities cited poor-quality stocks and extremely unhygienic, unsafe manufacturing conditions.
- Who
- The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration, led by Tukaram Mundhe, conducted the action.
- What
- Officials seized nearly 29 tonnes of snacks, raw materials and edible oil worth Rs 20.48 lakh.
- When
- The inspection followed a tip-off on September 9, during a festival-season crackdown.
- Where
- The action took place at 11 establishments in Bhaskar Compound and Khadi Gaon, in Thane’s Shil-Diva area.
- Why
- The FDA was responding to concerns about food quality and found extremely unhygienic and unsafe manufacturing conditions.
- Regulator
- Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration
- Area
- Shil-Diva, Thane
- Establishments inspected
- 11
- Quantity seized
- Nearly 29 tonnes
- Estimated value
- Rs 20.48 lakh
- Tip-off date
- September 9
- Products found
- Potato wafers, farali chiwda, spicy wafers, mixed farsan, sev, bhakarwadi and banana chips