00:00Milk suppliers, restaurant owners, warehouse operators.
00:02This IS officer in Maharashtra has shaken up all of them in under two months.
00:07Tukaramunde took charge as the commissioner of the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration on May 25, 2026.
00:13In June, the FDA reached Shirdi.
00:15Team seized and destroyed around 600 kilograms of adulterated peda, sold as Prasad, near the Sai Baba Temple.
00:21Separate raids in Thane and Navi, Mumbai led to the seizure of around 3,000 kilograms of mangoes, ripened using
00:27chemical sprays.
00:27In the first two weeks of him taking charge, the FDA had already conducted 195 raids targeting the illegal sale
00:33of gothka, paan masala and other banned food products.
00:36The FDA suspended the licenses of three eateries in Mumbai over unhygienic kitchens, expired stock and misbranded products.
00:44The license of Mumbai's iconic Khe Rustom ice cream parlor was suspended after an FDA inspection allegedly found rats, flies
00:50and expired ingredients.
00:52Then comes the crackdown on the adulteration of milk.
00:54The FDA seized nearly 2,000 liters of milk and 320 kilograms of daily products.
00:59News reports say milk suppliers even drained their stock, fearing FDA raids.
01:03Now let's come back to the man receiving praise for this crackdown.
01:06Munte is a 2005 batch IAS officer.
01:09As Solaport's district collector, he earned the nickname Waterman of Maharashtra for his water management work.
01:14But the one thing that sparks the most debate around his career is this.
01:17He has had 25 transfers in his 21-year career.
01:21No.
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