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FSSAI suspends Marche Retail licence, stops SDP ghee sales
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has suspended the licence of New Delhi-based Marche Retail for 30 days and ordered Daman-based SDP Industries to stop selling all variants of its…
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has suspended the licence of New Delhi-based Marche Retail for 30 days and ordered Daman-based SDP Industries to stop selling all variants of its ghee. The actions follow inspections that found food safety violations.
An FSSAI inspection at Marche Retail scored 37% compliance, flagging poor sanitation, inadequate training, improper segregation of vegetarian and non-vegetarian food, and unlicensed food-service operations. The company must correct all deficiencies and pass a verification check before resuming business.
Separately, tests on SDP Industries' ghee, sold under the brands Shraddha, Shree Saras and Gokul, found beta-sitosterol and abnormal fatty-acid composition, evidence, the regulator said, of adulteration with foreign or vegetable fats. A referral laboratory upheld the finding after the company appealed. SDP must halt all ghee sales until further orders.
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Marche Retail runs licensed food outlets inside hospitals and gurdwaras, so the 30-day suspension could affect patient meals and langar operations. The 37% compliance score is unusually low: most major retailers score above 70% in FSSAI inspections. For SDP Industries, the same adulteration pattern involving beta-sitosterol led to a 90-day suspension in 2023. FSSAI's referral lab confirmation means the company cannot challenge the finding again at this stage. The next practical signal is whether either entity approaches the Food Safety Appellate Tribunal before the 30-day window expires.
Source: retail.economictimes.indiatimes.com
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