Food manufacturers fined Rs 40 lakh as their products fail quality test

Haridwar ADM court on Wednesday slapped Rs 40 lakh fine on some renowned food companies including Amul and Pizza Hut for selling substandard food products, an ETV report has said.

The report says that food samples of products manufactured by Amul, Pizza Hut, Ruchi refined vegetable oil and Mohan Milk were sent to a Rudrapur-based Food and Drug Testing Laboratory.

The test reports found the products substandard following which the court imposed a total of Rs 40 fine on nine such companies.