The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s Food Department has seized around 40,000 kg of suspected mava from a cold storage facility in Gomtipur ahead of Diwali, after officials found that the stock did not carry expiry dates or batch numbers. The seized material is being examined to determine whether it was fit for consumption.
The inspection was conducted at a cold storage facility associated with Radhika Food Products, a company that makes Indian desserts and Rajwadi sweets. The action is part of intensified checks by the AMC Food Department ahead of the Diwali festival, when demand for sweets and dairy-based products rises across the city.
Dr Tejas Shah, an officer with the AMC Food Department, said the material had been stored for use by traders making sweets. According to the report, the Gomtipur area has several traders who keep mava in cold storage for this purpose. Shah said that between 15 and 20 traders in the area store more than 100,000 kg of mava in total.
The department has placed the seized stock under restriction because the material did not display an expiry date or batch number. These details are important for identifying the product, tracing its source and assessing whether it remains within its usable period. The absence of such information has triggered further examination by the municipal authorities.
The Food Department has not yet established whether the entire seized quantity was unsafe to eat. Officials are expected to investigate the material before reaching a conclusion on its quality and suitability for consumption. The report does not state that the stock has been destroyed or that a final laboratory finding has been issued.
The inspection highlights the role of municipal food-safety enforcement in managing risks linked to festive food production. In this case, the immediate issue is not only the size of the seized stock but also the difficulty of assessing a large quantity of food material when basic identification details are missing. The AMC’s ongoing checks are focused on cold storage facilities and traders handling mava for Diwali sweet production.
The department’s next step is to complete its examination of the seized mava and determine whether it was fit for consumption. Further action will depend on the findings of that investigation.
