Tonnes of Fake Bodybuilding Supplements seized by Police in Delhi

This is another incident where the police has caught fake supplements. These company puts your health at risk just to make some quick money.  The Uttar Pradesh special task force ( UP- STF) and food and drugs department on Saturday seized over 36 tonnes of food supplements after raids were conducted in the city.

Team started after they received a tipoff from an anonymous person, the team raided two localities in Murad Nagar and Hindon Vihar and seized food and bodybuilding supplements prepared and packaged without any license from the Food and Safety Standards of India (FSSI).

The packaged supplements were being sold under the names of reputed international brands and were being distributed to sellers in Chandni Chowk, Delhi.Optimum Nutrition, Muscle Blaze, Muscle Tech, Universal Nurition few of these brands of which they we making duplicate supplements. Below is a picture of police team catching these people red handed.

Tonnes of Fake Supplements

The major haul of around 28 tonnes was seized from Murad Nagar, where a former gym operator and a businessman had setup a unit in Mainapur Industrial Area. He was allegedly involved in mixing various ingredients to prepare health and bodybuilding supplements. These supplements were later packed into high quality packets which makes the bottle and boxes look-a-like of the originals which makes it very difficult to detect. Another haul of around 8.5 tonnes was seized by officials from Hindon Vihar area.

Officials from the food and drug department at Ghaziabad said that the accused Sandeep Malik was running the unit without any license. The material seized from his factory has been sent to Lucknow for testing at a government laboratory.
Duplicate Supplements
“As per norms, the accused had not procured any approval from FSSI to prepare supplements. We have sent the items for testing and it is feared that these may contain steroids,” Vinit Kumar, the designated officer of food and drugs department said. “The accused will be booked under relevant IPC sections and also under provisions of Food and Safety Standards Act,” Kumar added.

Fake supplements industry is growing very fast. Its a quick way for some of these people to make quick money by putting innocent people’s health at risk. Please read our article on how to detect duplicate suppplements

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