165 kgs of adulterated tea powder seized from unit in Hyderabad’s Chandanagar; Food colours and flavour was used


Hyderabad police commissioner’s Task Force team along with GHMC Food Safety Officer raided a unit in Chandanagar where tea powder was allegedly adulterated. The image is used for representative purposes only.

Hyderabad police commissioner’s Task Force team along with GHMC Food Safety Officer raided a unit in Chandanagar where tea powder was allegedly adulterated. The image is used for representative purposes only.
| Photo Credit: RAGU R

Hyderabad police commissioner’s Task Force (South Zone) along with the Food Safety team conducted a raid on a tea manufacturing unit, where the product was allegedly adulterated, in Chandanagar. They have seized 130 kgs of adulterated tea powder in packets, 35 kgs of loose tea powder which was adulterated and food colours used in the adulteration. 

The police said that the 46-year-old accused D. Chandra Shekar, who stays in Chandanagar, was found adulterating tea powder by mixing it with a sunset yellow colour and another colour to make it appear as high-quality tea powder. A cardamom flavour too was added.

The accused supplied the tea powder in Mehdipatnam, Tolichowki, Golconda, Kukatpally, Gachibowli, Tellapur, Patancheru, Lingampally, Chandanagar.

The Task Force team along with GHMC Circle-21 Food Safety Officer seized material worth ₹1.2 lakh. The accused was apprehended. 

Earlier, units in the city where tea powder was allegedly adulterated by mixing with coconut shell powder using artificial flavours; adulterated ginger garlic paste and adulterated coconut powder were raided.



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