Food safety officials on Tuesday seized adulterated tea, expired soft drinks, and putrefying corn cobs during a raid in shops and commercial establishments in Udhagamandalam town.
P. Kalaivani, Designated Officer, Food Safety, the Nilgiris district, along with food safety officers B. Sivakumar, S. Selvaraj, Adhi Gopalakrishnan, and Arun Kumar conducted the raids on shops along the Botanical Garden Road, near the Collectorate, Commercial Road, and Ooty Boat House.
Sources said that more than 10 kg of adulterated tea, 20 kg of putrefying corn, and 30 bottles worth of expired soft drinks were seized and were destroyed.
All the store owners were warned of action.
Officials said that the raids were launched before the start of the summer festival to ensure that tourists were protected from unscrupulous store owners. More raids would be conducted in the coming days, they said.
