Agriculture department launching a drive against sale of sub-standard fertilizers and seeds, on Tuesday raided a firm which has been trading in fertilizers and pesticides without proper license and relevant documents.
Deputy Director Agriculture R. L. Khare when contacted said after inspection of United Pesticides Limited, Rawabhata, in the capital city, the firm has been issued notice and sought reply on the irregularities found.
He said the firm has a license to sale only seeds but inspection found that pesticides and weedicides were stocked in same premises. As per rules, the pesticides and seeds cannot be stored at the same spot in a shop.
Khare added, team also found that there is no differentiation of manufacturing space, proper records, classification and display. All the pesticides samples have been taken for testing. The samples will be sent for testing at government approved laboratories.
DDA Khare added the inspection is still continuing to verify the total stock of products and seeds.