22-05-2025
FDCA seizes fake cosmetics worth Rs 71.5 lakh after raids in three districts of Gujarat
The Gujarat Food and Drugs Control Administration (FDCA) on Thursday said it has seized fake cosmetics worth Rs 71.5 lakh, which were manufactured without any government licence, from three premises in Surat, Gandhinagar and Junagadh districts of the state.
In Surat, a company was found manufacturing massage oils without any cosmetic licence, putting attractive and misleading labels on these products, and advertising them for sale, said officials. These products included 'performance oil', 'stamina energy oil', 'bull massage oil for men', and 'lift up herbal massage oil'. The products were sold on popular online platforms, they said.
FDCA Commissioner Dr HG Koshia said that the residential premises of one Rajesh Dahya Lathia in Surat was raided and a large quantity of packing material and boxes of these duplicate products was found.
In the same case, an FDCA team found a large quantity of duplicate cosmetic products from the house of one Kuldeep Patoliya in Keshod of Junagadh district, which were also being sold on online platforms. A total of 14 samples of these products were taken for testing and analysis while goods worth Rs 55 lakh were seized by the FDCA.
In another case, the Commissioner said in a statement, the FDCA received information about large-scale online sale of fake cosmetics through social media by one Kaushik Dharmesh Radadiya, owner of M/s Wrixty Ayurveda in Surat. The FDCA team raided this premises and found that these products were being sold by printing fake licence numbers on them.
In Pethapur, Gandhinagar, one Pradipsinh Chhatrasinh Solanki, the owner of M/s Dulhan Enterprises, was found making duplicate cosmetic products of a branded company from his home. Following the raid, goods worth Rs 1.5 lakh were seized.
