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CUTTACK: A day after 170 people fell ill after consuming sharbat at Salipur block in the district, Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) on Friday launched crackdown against 'sharbat' shops in the city.As temperature rises, hundreds of makeshift 'sharbat' and lassi shops start mushrooming in the Millennium city. The team found that many shops were using low quality food products and destroyed it. A strict advisory has been issued to the sharbat stall owners to use appropriate quality products. He has been booked under section 328 of IPC.“We have collected samples of water, ice and flavors used by Rout in making the 'sharbat'. The samples have been sent to forensic laboratory for testing,” said inspector in charge of Salipur police station, P K Majhi..