Ahead of Diwali, the food department seized ghee worth ₹14 lakh from Patan’s ghee bazaar on Saturday.

A team from the food and drugs department seized a total of 11 samples of different brands of ghee from the shop, and seized a suspicious quantity of ghee.

The raid was at the shop of Nitin Bhailal, according to reports.

Earlier on Friday, in the GIDC area of Kadi in Mehsana, the food and drugs department along with the local crime branch team raided five warehouses and uncovered a racket dealing in adulterated ghee.

The investigation suggested the presence of palm oil and foreign fats in the ghee. The police seized 297 kg of loose ghee; 4,979 kg of loose palm oil; 8,036 kg of refined palm oil; and 5,798 kg of foreign fat from the site.

The incidents involving the manufacture of adulterated ghee are not limited to north Gujarat. Earlier, a large quantity of adulterated ghee was seized from Metoda GIDC in Rajkot. 

Following this, the Rajkot Municipal Corporation's (RMC) food department collected samples of ghee.

Raids were also conducted in Surat’s two prime stores for allegedly selling low-quality adulterated ghee under the name of the Sumul Dairy brand. The police arrested a 30-year-old man, Hariram Chaudhary, for selling fake ghee.

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