May 31, 2013

Samples of mid-day meal collected from schools

Ludhiana, May 30
A team of health officials today collected 16 samples of mid-day meal from central kitchen at Sherpur Kalan and three government schools.
Food safety officer Harpreet Kaur said,"We collected 10 samples of cooked rice, cooked daal, raw rice, flour, besan powder, pulses, black grams and cumin from the central kitchen yesterday. The samples have been sent for testing. If these fail test, action will be taken under the Food Safety Act under."
The officials today collected samples of mid-day meal food from government schools.
Harpreet Kaur said,"We collected six samples of curry and rice from Government Senior Secondary School, Sekhewal, Government Primary School, Tarakh Karabara, and Government High School, Jamalpur Awana."
The health department told Sanjay Dhawan, manager of central kitchen, Sherpur Kalan, to get a licence issued under the Food Safety and Standard Act. He was also
directed him to depute a special cook, use more ghee while preparing daal, follow dress code and wear footwear while preparing food.

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