Additional District Magistrate In Shahjahanpur Imposed Fine Of Rs 9.5 Lakh As Domino’s Cheese Fails Lab Test.

 
The court of an additional district magistrate (ADM) in Shahjahanpur has levied a fine of Rs 9.50 lakh on a Domino’s outlet in Shahjahanpur and its supplier in Pune after a sample of cheese used in a pizza failed to pass a lab test. The milk fat content in the ‘diced super stretch Mozarella cheese’ was found to be below the prescribed minimum limit of 35 per cent. The fine was imposed by the court of ADM JK Sharma.
A fine of Rs 4 lakh fine has been imposed on the Shahjahanpur district manager of Jubilant Food Work (franchisee for Domino’s Pizza), Rs 5 lakh on Schreiber Dynamics Dairies, the supplier, and Rs 50,000 on the seller, Suresh Upadhyaya.
The sample of cheese was taken on July 4, 2015, by food security officer (FSO) Yugul Kishore and sent for lab test at government regional public analysis laboratory in Varanasi. Food analyst UC Gangwar completed the study of the sample and found insufficient fat percentage. The lab test was completed between July 22 and 28, 2015 and the report was sent to the FSO on August 5, 2015.
Upon receiving the report, notices were issued to Jubilant Food, Schreiber Dynamics Dairies and the seller Suresh Upadhyaya and a case was filed in the court of the ADM. After a trial that lasted nearly two years, court imposed fine in this case. The defendant had filed a counter case in this matter, that the cheese was not kept under prescribed conditions (refrigeration) due to which the sample couldn’t pass the lab test.