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Lonavala's famous Maganlal Chikki faces closure after failing FDA test

Maganlal Chikki, a Lonavala landmark, was pulled off shelves after the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) found it had no quality control measures in place to prove its products were fit for human consumption.

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Maganlal Chikki, a Lonavala landmark, was pulled off shelves after the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) found it had no quality control measures in place to prove its products were fit for human consumption.

It is one of the most famous chain of sweet manufacturers popular across the Maharashtrian hill station. On December 11, food officers from FDA’s Pune branch raided the manufacturing and packaging unit of Maganlal Food Products and it was violating several rules of the Food Standards and Safety Act, 2006.The unit had no quality-check system, its food safety standards lacked national accreditation, and there were hygiene lapses in the manufacturing process, the FDA’s inpection report. 

As instructed by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, any food manufacturing company should have NABL approved food laboratary to check the quality of food. But with over Rs. 100 crore turnover, the food company neither had lab to check food quality nor send food sample for quality check. 

Recently, the company had started online delivery process but for now, the production and distribution has been restricted. 

Post the survey, authorities have asked for a halt on the production  of any food items at the 100-yearold company. 

 

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