Cuttack: A spurious clarified butter or ghee and ketchup factory was busted today in Cuttack’s Choudwar area.
As per reports, the factory on Gandhi Chhak of Ward number 9 under Choudwar police limits had been functioning for the past five years.
Based on the information that products are spurious, the Choudwar police conducted a raid and seized about 1000 kilograms of spurious ghee, tomato and chilli ketchup. They found that the said products were made using prohibited raw material. The raw material and the machines used for making and packaging were also seized.
The police have taken in the factory owner for interrogating. A probe is underway.