Bagmati, Sept 1: The Food Technology and Quality Control (FTQC) Office, Hetauda has sued 44 business firms and individuals in Fiscal Year 2023/24 for various trade-related offences including selling substandard and date-expired food.
Cases have been filed against seven
business firms and traders in Makawanpur, 24 in Kathmandu, five in Chitwan and
eight in Dhulikhel based on varied offences established through lab test of the
samples collected by the Office and various division offices last fiscal year.
Cases have been filed against them under the Food Purity and Quality Act.
Accordingly, cases have been filed
at the District Court concerned against 32 business firms and at the District
Administration Office concerned against 12 individuals for selling contaminated
and date-expired food items, said Kashinath Ghimire, Chief of the FTQC Office
Heatuda.
Ghimire said the Office tested and
analyzed 2,738 samples last fiscal year. (RSS)