Panaji (Goa)

The North Goa District Collector Nila Mohanan has imposed a penalty of Rs 30,000 each on two food business operators for selling misbranded and sub-standard food items to the public.

The penalty is imposed on Bala Murugan of M/S B.Chips, Kunnur, Kerala, and a local food vendor- Siva Gurunathan of M/S. A.B. Chips, Zuarinagar, under the provisions of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, for the manufacturing, sale, and distribution of ‘banana chips’, tapioca sticks and tapioca wafers which were misbranded.

Senior Food Safety officer Rajiv Korde had detained the consignment at Margao railway station on August 30, last year.