Tukaram Mundhe
Mumbai: The state govt has suspended four Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officers and initiated departmental inquiries against 21 other officers over alleged serious irregularities in enforcement action against two companies accused of possessing banned tobacco products.
Another said nothing has been communicated to them as of now on who the other 21 are.
An assistant commissioner said there is an officer in Bhiwandi who should have been suspended, but instead someone else was. She is a food safety officer,” the officer said. Meanwhile, the suspension has created confusion within the FDA with officers accusing one another. “The sampling was done by her.
Speaking to TOI , FDA commissioner Tukaram Mundhe said this is an old case that happened much prior to his tenure. That is why it is now under investigation,” he said. Mundhe said the four suspended officers — joint commissioner (food) Digambar Bhogawade, assistant commissioner (food) Yaduraj Dahatonde, and food safety officers Ashok Ilager and C R Swami — will remain on suspension until further notice.
“I had sent this proposal way back in July or August.