Racket selling expired Nestlé Sugar Free, Glucon-D, Vicks VapoRub busted in Delhi; one held

Key Highlights

• Deputy Commissioner of Police Vikral Singh said the accused has been identified as Omprakash Sharma (40), a resident of Rail Vihar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.
• He was allegedly operating an illegal setup where expired products were being systematically altered and prepared for resale, police said.
• According to the police, the accused was storing large quantities of expired food and cosmetic products as well as removing or chemically erasing original expiry dates and batch numbers.
• “He allegedly reprinted fresh manufacturing and expiry dates, repacked and relabeled the products to make them appear genuine, and supplied them to unsuspecting buyers in the market,” a police officer said.
• Printing frames, labeling materials, and other equipment used to alter expiry and manufacturing details were also seized from the premises, police said.