CURATED BY – DHEERAJ KUMAR AHIRWAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Damoh, Additional Collector and Judicial Officer Meena Masram has imposed a penalty of Rs. 25,000 on 01 non-applicant of the district on the charge of being proven guilty of selling counterfeit buffalo milk under the Food Safety and Standards Act.

On the complaint presented by Food Safety Officer Madhavi Rawat (Budhaulia), a penalty of Rs. 25,000 was imposed on non-applicant Purushottam Rai, son of Maltu Rai, resident of village Sagauni Station Road, Gadghat Tehsil Patera, on the charge of selling substandard buffalo milk.

The amount of the imposed penalty should be deposited in the State Bank of India main branch, Damoh through challan under head 0210-Medical and Public Health 04 Public Health 104 Fees and Penalty etc. 0754 Food and Drug Control and a copy of the challan should be submitted in the office of the Court Additional Collector and Adjudicating Officer. The amount of the imposed penalty should be deposited within 15 days. If the amount is not deposited within the stipulated time, it will be recovered like arrears of land revenue under section 96 of the Act. He has ordered that the material purchased should be destroyed after the appeal period.