The office had filed the cases at district administrative offices in Morang and Sunsari after tests of samples collected from the market failed to meet its standard.
“The biscuits that we tested were coated with inedible substances,” Upendra Raya, chief of Food Technology and Quality Control Office, said, without revealing the name of the companies that had produced substandard biscuits.
The office also said 90 other industries located in 16 districts of eastern Nepal were found guilty of producing substandard sweets, ghee, tea, milk, vegetable ghee, spices, bottled water, sunflower oil and mustard oil, among others.
ShuvaLaxmi to distribute 5.75% cash dividend
KATHMANDU: ShuvaLaxmi Finance has announced to distribute 5.75 percent cash dividend to its share holders from the profit it earned in 2011/12. However, the distribution would be done only after its annual general meeting endorses the management´s decision, the finance company said in a press release on Tuesday. In the release issued on the eve of its 5th anniversary, the finace company has promised better services to its customers in the days to come. It has been providing gold loan, small and medium enterprises (SME) loan and home loan at interest of around 13 percent. The company presently operates with head office at Naxal in Kathmandu and branch offices in Bhumahi, Nawalparasi, Kholesimal and Chitwan.
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