Crackdown on sweet shops ahead of festive week

  • | Thursday | 30th August, 2018

RMC sources said that the team of health officials raided famous sweet and namkeen shops in Nana Mava, Raiya Road, Panchayat Chowk and Udhyognagar. RMC officials said that the raids would continue for next 2-3 days. The officials also found food items were being stored in unhygienic conditions.Week-long festive season in Saurashtra begins on Saturday ahead of Janmashtami festival. Food samples from the shops were sent to the food testing laboratory. Rajkot: Ahead of Janmashtami festival , the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC)’s health department raided 12 shops making sweets and fried snacks and destroyed 61 kg unhygienic food along with 10 kg reused oil.Notices were issued to all the shopowners and explanation was sought from them.

Rajkot: Ahead of Janmashtami festival , the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC)’s health department raided 12 shops making sweets and fried snacks and destroyed 61 kg unhygienic food along with 10 kg reused oil.Notices were issued to all the shopowners and explanation was sought from them. Food samples from the shops were sent to the food testing laboratory. RMC sources said that the team of health officials raided famous sweet and namkeen shops in Nana Mava, Raiya Road, Panchayat Chowk and Udhyognagar. The teams found stale sweets stocked in the packets along with food colours. They also found reused oil being used to fry namkeen. The officials also found food items were being stored in unhygienic conditions.Week-long festive season in Saurashtra begins on Saturday ahead of Janmashtami festival. RMC officials said that the raids would continue for next 2-3 days.

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