FDA collects samples from Amul godown in Ghaziabad

Amul godown has been raided by Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) officials who took away six samples of its various milk products for testing, reported PTI.

The FDA officials said that they will tear down all the milk pouches stored in the godown, which were curdling.

Vineet Kumar, FDA Official said "We were getting regular complaints about various Amul milk products sold in the open market".

The samples of Amul Ghee, ice creams, fresh cream, Badam shake; Homogenized milk and Standardized milk were taken for testing.

The official also said that all the samples will be sent to regional testing laboratory for further analysis.

Samir Saxena, Amul's Head of the Quality Assurance and New Product Development department, at Anand in Gujarat said that some times milk pouches get spoiled during transit as a result of which curdling takes place.