60-kg adulterated sweets destroyed at Chhapar

  • | Saturday | 14th September, 2019

Tribune News ServiceLudhiana, September 13The food safety team of Ludhiana today took samples of milk, milk products and checked various food stalls set up during Chhapar Mela. The team comprised Dr Andesh Kang and Food Safety officer Yogesh Goyal, among others. They destroyed around 60-kg coloured sweets and informed the shop owners about colour and prescribed quantity. Yesterday, the food safety team took total nine samples, inlcuding milk, curd, cheese, mustrad oil, cooking medium and tea 1. Aggarwal Traders, Hargobind Nagar; Sonu Traders, Sherpur; Chaurasia Paan Shop, Cheema Chowk; and around 10-12 more wholesale shops were inspected.

Ludhiana, September 13 The food safety team of Ludhiana today took samples of milk, milk products and checked various food stalls set up during Chhapar Mela. The team comprised Dr Andesh Kang and Food Safety officer Yogesh Goyal, among others. They destroyed around 60-kg coloured sweets and informed the shop owners about colour and prescribed quantity. “Colour used in sweets at Chhapar Mela was beyond permissible limits. Thus sweets were destroyed on the spot,” said Dr Kang. All the samples have been sent to the state lab for further analysis. Yesterday, the food safety team took total nine samples, inlcuding milk, curd, cheese, mustrad oil, cooking medium and tea 1. They also inspected dairies, karyana shops and intercepted milk carrying vehicle. Tobacco shops inspected Dr Nirlep Kaur today conducted inspection in the city to check sale of tobacco. The team along with the Drug Department, legal metrology, police and state tobacco control cell checked various outlets in different areas of Ludhiana and challans were issued under the COTPA Act. Aggarwal Traders, Hargobind Nagar; Sonu Traders, Sherpur; Chaurasia Paan Shop, Cheema Chowk; and around 10-12 more wholesale shops were inspected.

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