120kg fake milk solids made with soybean, starch seized
Rajkot: The health department of Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) on Saturday busted a racket of supplying duplicate milk solids (mawa) used in making traditional sweets. They seized 120kg of duplicate mawa made from vegetable extracts from GondalChowkdi. The product was being sold in Rajkot city at less than half the price of pure mawa made out of milk fats.
Usually, mawa is made from milk fats, but the stock seized by the RMC health department was found to be made out of soybean, starch, maize flour and skimmed milk powder.
According to RMC officials, mawa made out of pure milk fats is sold at Rs 400 per kilogram. But the duplicate mawa was being sold at Rs 140 per kg in the Rajkot market. They said that consumption of mawa made out of vegetable extracts could prove harmful for health.
Officials said that the seized mawa was brought from Kutiyana in the Porbandar district. The health officials have sent samples for testing at laboratory in Vadodara and started an investigation.
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