Delhi, July 19, 2019: Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Shri Rameswar Teli while responding to a written question on food adulteration and enforcement of standards in Rajya Sabha on Friday, informed the house that in 2018-19, 94,288 samples of processed food were analysed.
Out of this 26,077 thousand samples were found adulterated or misbranded. He further added that a total of 32.8 crore rupees were raised as penalties last year.