BAREILLY: Ahead of Holi, the food safety and drug administration (FSDA) department is conducting raids in various sweets and confectionery shops of the city to check food adulteration. The department also revealed that four samples of food, collected from different grocery and confectionery shops last year, were found to be adulterated. The lab report for the test came on Thursday.
FSDA designated officer Mamta Kumari told TOI, “We had collected samples from Balaji confectionary, Chandra Prakash Kirana shop in Biharipur, Shubham Kirana and Sachin Kiran store in Nawabganj in June, July and August, respectively. We got the lab report for the tests on Thursday. Four samples of Namkeen and gramflour were found to be adulterated. Now, we are sending our report to the additional city magistrate.”
Kumari further said that the department has also collected samples of mava (condensed milk) and cheese from various shops in the district on Thursday.
“To check food adulteration ahead of Holi, a team of 10 officials took 13 samples, which have been sent for lab test. Samples were taken from dairies and bakery shops from different parts of the district, including the rural areas,” the officer added.
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