Cuttack, July 18: After ghee, spices, sauce and oil, an adulterated tea manufacturing unit was busted in Jagatpur area in Cuttack on Thursday.
The fake company was uncovered by the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) enforcement team while clearing illegally occupied government land in Jagatpur Ward no. 48.
After being informed, a team of CMC Food Safety Department reached the spot and seized a huge cache of adulterated tea powder, raw materials, duplicate labels of branded tea companies, tea packaging and processing machines from the factory.
"We seized machines, fake tea powder, and packets of different brands from a house in Jagatpur. Samples have been sent for examination. We are investigating to find the owner, and a police complaint will be filed, said a CMC Food Safety official.