Telangana: Cops search for labs to test food

Hyderabad: While the police has initiated a crackdown on food adulteration, they are puzzled on where to send the samples for analysis following inaccuracies in the findings at local laboratories. 

In the recent raids on an edible oil unit at Bahadurpura, the police seized huge quantity of oil, which will be sent to the Central Food Technological Research Institute  (CFTRI), Mysore, for analysis. 

Earlier, the police used to send the food samples for analysis at the State Food Laboratory (SFL). “The analysis reports serve as clinching evidence against those who resort to food adulteration.  But  for some reasons, the accused were not getting convicted,” said a senior police official. “The materials will be properly packed, sealed and sent to the CFTRI by a police team. The laboratory is among  the reputed institutions,” Mr Satyanarayana said. 

It may be recalled that in July, ACB caught the chief public analyst at SFL for colluding with GHMC officials and bar owner whose food samples were found to be adulterated.