{"id":11068,"date":"2026-05-07T03:39:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T03:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/?p=11068"},"modified":"2026-05-07T03:53:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T03:53:31","slug":"expired-dairy-products-sold-inside-singha-durbar-canteen-fined-over-r-s-200000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/?p=11068","title":{"rendered":"Expired Dairy Products Sold Inside Singha Durbar; Canteen Fined Over R.s. 200,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Himal Hub \/<\/strong> Authorities have taken strict action after expired food products were found being sold at a canteen operating inside Singha Durbar, Nepal\u2019s central administrative complex.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Department of Commerce, Supplies and Consumer Protection imposed a fine of Rs 205,000 on \u201cHamro Khaja Ghar,\u201d a canteen located within the premises of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, after inspectors discovered expired yogurt being sold during a surprise market inspection on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the department, the monitoring team launched the inspection following complaints received from consumers. The probe revealed that yogurt past its expiration date was still being offered to customers, violating provisions of Nepal\u2019s Consumer Protection Act, 2018.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Officials said the penalty was issued under the law\u2019s consumer safety provisions. The department has also directed Shree Krishna Dairy Farm, the producer of the yogurt, to submit documents related to its business registration and regulatory compliance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the canteen operator has been ordered to appear before the department within three days along with purchase invoices for the dairy products in question.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The incident has raised serious concerns over food safety and oversight within one of Nepal\u2019s most sensitive government premises, prompting authorities to signal tougher market monitoring and stricter enforcement measures in the days ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Himal Hub \/ Authorities have taken strict action after expired food products were found being sold at a canteen operating&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11068"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11070,"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11068\/revisions\/11070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}