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Also, 200 litre of milk, 150 litre from Jaahit’s shop (worth Rs 6,000) and 50 litre from Mahaveer’s shop (worth Rs 2,000) were destroyed at the spot. One sample of chamcham sweet was also taken from Ikram’s shop in Zakir colony area. “As the festive time draws near, instances of adulteration in food items shoot up. Also, 148 Kg namkeen suspected to contain non-permitted colour met with the same fate. MEERUT: In order to ascertain no adulterated sweets were sold in the city or the rural areas ahead of Holi, the Food Safety and Drugs Administration (FSDA) raided seven sweet and namkeen shops on Wednesday and collected ten samples of mixed milk, paneer, cream, sweets and namkeen each..