FTQC Office Hetauda files cases against 44 traders selling substandard food

Bagmati: 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 offences including selling substandard and date-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 offences 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.

Accordingly, cases have been filed at the concerned District Court against 32 business firms and at the District Administration Office concerned against 12 individuals for selling contaminated and date-expired food items, said Kashinath Ghimire, Chief of the FTQC Office Heatuda.

Ghimire said the Office tested and analyzed 2,738 samples last fiscal year.