Health department raids fafda-jalebi shops

Ahmedabad | Thursday | 18th October, 2018

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A drain was flowing next to the stored food items," Solanki said.The team collected samples of fafda and jalebi from different shops, randomly. AHMEDABAD: On the eve of Dussehra, on Wednesday, the health department of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) raided several shops and seized samples of fafda and jalebi . Satyanaran Paan Parlor, next to the famous Lakhnavi Jalebi in Kankaria; and Chandan Bhajiya house at Ashram Road were selling food items without licence.The health team collected 19 samples from shops such as Oswal, Chandra Vilas, Lakshmi Gathiya Rath, Naveen Chavana, and Dinesh Bhajiya. "It was difficult to tell the shop's kitchen from its dump yard. The corporation officials sealed Saurashtra Sweet and Farsan in Prahladnagar.According to Dr Bhavin Solanki, the medical health officer of the AMC, the shop had licence but maintained poor hygiene.An administrative charge of Rs 20,000 was collected from the shop..