Adulterated cold drinks seized

Srikakulam: The vigilance and enforcement officials seized adulterated cold drinks at Chilakapalem on the National Highway (NH-16) on Friday.

On a tip-off, vigilance superintendent of police T Harikrishna, along with his officials, started checking vans and found 500 cold drink packets worth Rs 75,000 on which there is no batch number and date of manufacturing.

Officials collected the samples and sent them to the laboratory at Nacharam in Hyderabad for ascertaining actual contents. Vigilance CI G Chandra, S Tarakarama Rao, deputy commercial tax officer and food safety department officials were present.