Delhi police arrest three for selling repackaged expired food, massive inventory seized

New Delhi Police busted a racket involved in repackaging and circulating expired food and beverage products in Dwarka. During the operation, officers seized a large stock of soft drink cans and packaged foods with forged manufacturing and expiry dates. The recovered items included over 3,000 soft drink cans of different brands and a huge quantity of biscuits with altered packaging and fake stickers.

Police acted on a March 29 tip-off that an illegal setup in Bamnoli village was tampering with expired or near-expiry multinational food products and pushing them back into the market.Acting swiftly on this information, the crime branch planned and executed a raid to uncover the operation.

Police raided a godown in Dwarka Sector-28 and found a large consignment of soft drinks and packaged foods stored inside. Officers immediately detained the two men present at the spot. During questioning, they revealed that they were working for the operator controlling the entire illegal setup. Soon after, the main handler reached the godown, and police took him into custody as well.

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Delhi FSSAI Inspection Confirms Forgery

Police then called officials from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to the location to verify the firm’s licences and collect product samples. After inspection, FSSAI confirmed that the seized goods carried forged batch numbers, manipulated expiry dates and altered labels. The entire stock was confiscated for safety violations.

Investigators also recovered a printing machine used to produce fake manufacturing and expiry dates, along with thinner chemicals used to erase original markings on the food products. This equipment allowed the racket to remove old labels, print new ones and repackage the items as fresh stock before sending them to market.

During interrogation, the accused admitted that they regularly purchased expired or near-expiry products, erased original dates using thinner, printed fake dates and repackaged the goods for resale. Police have registered a case and launched a detailed investigation to uncover the full network involved in the illegal distribution of tampered food products.

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