Officials collect samples of coconut oil from a tanker that came to the city on Tuesday from Tirur.
Officers from the Food Safety and Standards Authority
continued their drive to check sale of adulterated food and food
products on Tuesday, collecting samples from hotels and sales outlets in
different parts of the district.
Two teams of
officials from the Authority collected samples of coconut oil, meat
preparations, ghee and milk from Aluva, Kalamassery, Koothattukulam and
Vennala, among other places, as part of an intensified effort ahead of
the festival of Onam.
The samples are being sent to
the regional laboratory for tests. An FSSA official said the samples
were now being test at two different laboratories to make sure that the
test results provided a correct picture. For example, the official said
that coconut oil samples were also being tested at the laboratory owned
by Coconut Development Board.
Jaggery,
ghee, milk, fruits, raisin, cardamom, coconut oil etc are among the
products and produces being targeted during the current drive, which was
launched on August 5.
There have been widespread
allegations of adulteration of coconut oil as the Onam festival is
nearing. Samples were collected from an oil tanker that arrived in the
city on Tuesday from Tirupur, the consignment meant for a distributor
here.
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