{"id":616,"date":"2014-09-14T11:04:07","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T11:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indianbodybuilding.co.in\/Articles\/?p=616"},"modified":"2014-09-14T11:04:07","modified_gmt":"2014-09-14T11:04:07","slug":"tonnes-of-fake-health-supplements-seized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianbodybuilding.co.in\/Articles\/tonnes-of-fake-health-supplements-seized\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonnes of Fake Bodybuilding Supplements seized by Police in Delhi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" ><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Main_336x280 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3247500487073208\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9364966176\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div> This is another incident where the police has caught fake supplements. These company puts your health at risk just to make some quick money. \u00a0The Uttar Pradesh special task force ( UP- STF) and food and drugs department on Saturday seized over 36 tonnes of food\u00a0supplements\u00a0after raids were conducted in the city.<\/p>\n<div id=\"testArtCol_a\">\n<p>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\u00a0prepared and packaged without any license from the Food and Safety Standards of India (FSSI).<\/p>\n<p>The packaged\u00a0supplements\u00a0were 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.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianbodybuilding.co.in\/Articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Tonnes-of-Fake-Supplements.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-617 aligncenter\" alt=\"Tonnes of Fake Supplements\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianbodybuilding.co.in\/Articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Tonnes-of-Fake-Supplements.jpg\" width=\"596\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianbodybuilding.co.in\/Articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Tonnes-of-Fake-Supplements.jpg 596w, https:\/\/www.indianbodybuilding.co.in\/Articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Tonnes-of-Fake-Supplements-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"testArtCol_b\">\n<p>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\u00a0supplements. 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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianbodybuilding.co.in\/Articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10370905_909569225723459_1187894262075503877_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-620\" alt=\"Duplicate Supplements\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianbodybuilding.co.in\/Articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10370905_909569225723459_1187894262075503877_n.jpg\" width=\"432\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianbodybuilding.co.in\/Articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10370905_909569225723459_1187894262075503877_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.indianbodybuilding.co.in\/Articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10370905_909569225723459_1187894262075503877_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u201cAs per norms, the accused had not procured any approval from FSSI to prepare\u00a0supplements. We have sent the items for testing and it is feared that these may contain steroids,\u201d Vinit Kumar, the designated officer of food and drugs department said. \u201cThe accused will be booked under relevant IPC sections and also under provisions of Food and Safety Standards Act,\u201d Kumar added.<\/p>\n<p>Fake supplements industry is growing very fast. Its a quick way for some of these people to make quick money by putting innocent people&#8217;s health at risk. Please read our article on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indianbodybuilding.co.in\/Articles\/5-rules-to-detect-fake-bodybuilding-supplement\/\">how to detect duplicate suppplements<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" ><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Main_336x280 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3247500487073208\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9364966176\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is another incident where the police has caught fake supplements. These company puts your health at risk just to make some quick money. \u00a0The Uttar Pradesh special task force ( UP- STF) and food and drugs department on Saturday seized over 36 tonnes of food\u00a0supplements\u00a0after raids were conducted in the city. 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