The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) launched enforcement action against unlicensed food operators in Nagpur city after Tukaram Mude, Additional Secretary in the state’s Food and Drugs Department, filed a complaint with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Acting on the CM’s directive, the FDA moved swiftly to inspect and raid establishments in the city.The crackdown yielded significant seizures.
Officials confiscated mustard worth ₹4,846 kg, 35,500 litres of bottled water, 115 kg of cream, 6.8 kg of paneer and 24 kg of other food items. All seized samples have been dispatched to an authorised laboratory for testing, and further action will follow based on test reports.The FDA noted that the action was prompted because unlicensed food businesses were operating openly in bazaar areas of the city.
Officials warned that no unlicensed food premises will be permitted to function anywhere in Nagpur and that citizens should file complaints against any such establishments.Tukaram Mude’s complaint to the Chief Minister’s Office is seen as an unusually direct escalation — bypassing routine departmental channels — and has drawn attention to structural gaps in FDA enforcement at the local level.
The Nagpur FDA has been put on notice that future lapses could attract accountability action.
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