Shop owner held for selling expired edible oils with tampered labels in Hyderabad

A 51-year-old man was arrested by the Hyderabad police and the food safety officials for allegedly repacking and selling expired edible oils with altered labels.

The accused has been identified as Ashok Kumar Agarwal, resident of



Kachiguda.

During the raid at Sri Ganesh Balaji Lakkadatar Oil at Sri Krupa Market, Malakpet, officials seized 1,014 litres of edible oil worth Rs 1.90 lakh. The accused was found using whiteners to erase expiry dates and batch numbers on packaging, despite lacking a repacking license.