Food safety dept yet to find supply chains; gutka sales continue in city

Trichy | Sunday | 23rd September, 2018

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But over the past one week, during which a mass inspection was done, only around 380kg gutka products were seized. Trichy: The illegal sale of gutka and other banned tobacco products continues unabated across Trichy as the district food safety department is unable to track down the supply chains yet. Once we get the further information through our surveillance, we would get to know about the supply chains and act immediately,” she said. “As all the petty shops and suppliers are quite aware, gutka is sold in very small quantities, but on a more frequent basis. “We received information that the suppliers go to Bengaluru to purchase gutka products..