BAGMATI, Sept 1: The Food Technology and Quality Control (FTQC) Office, Hetauda, has sued 44 business firms and individuals in fiscal year 2023/24 for various trade-related offenses including selling substandard and expired food.
Cases have been filed against seven business firms and traders in Makawanpur, 24 in Kathmandu, five in Chitwan and eight in Dhulikhel based on varied offenses established through lab tests of the samples collected by the Office and various division offices last fiscal year. Cases have been filed against them under the Food Purity and Quality Act.
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Accordingly, cases have been filed at the district courts concerned against 32 business firms and at the district administration offices concerned against 12 individuals for selling contaminated and expired food items, said Kashinath Ghimire, chief of the FTQC Office, Hetauda.
Ghimire said the Office tested and analyzed 2,738 samples last fiscal year.
