AURANGABAD: Of the 24 samples of food items the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) collected from eateries across Aurangabad division on December 31, one was found to be sub-standard.
Since the afternoon of December 31, 2014, the FDA has begun to ensure that people ushering in the New Year at hotels, 'dhabas' and restaurants aren't served sub-standard food. The FDA had deputed 22 officers across the division and the food samples were tested within 24 hours. "The samples were tested for adulteration as well as quality. The officers were on the field throughout the night and visited party spots to collect samples," said FDA (food) joint commissioner, Chandrashekhar Solanke.
"The drive was massive. We did everything possible to get the results in time," he added.
"The food safety officers collected 24 food samples from various hotels and dhabas which were sent for testing to the FDA laboratory in Mumbai. Out of these 24 samples, one was reported to be of sub-standard quality, in which excessive artificial colour was used. Action will be initiated against the guilty," said FDA (food) deputy joint commissioner M D Shah.
Solanke said that on New Year's Eve, many people party, and eateries receive a large number of orders. "To fulfill the customers' demands, hotels resort to using low quality ingredients or serving sub-standard food. Though people fall ill after consuming such food, they either don't register complaints or don't know where to do so. So, we had organised this drive, and would take action against the errant eateries," he added. "We had appealed to the people to come forward and register complaints if they come across sub-standard food in an eatery," he said.
Since the afternoon of December 31, 2014, the FDA has begun to ensure that people ushering in the New Year at hotels, 'dhabas' and restaurants aren't served sub-standard food. The FDA had deputed 22 officers across the division and the food samples were tested within 24 hours. "The samples were tested for adulteration as well as quality. The officers were on the field throughout the night and visited party spots to collect samples," said FDA (food) joint commissioner, Chandrashekhar Solanke.
"The drive was massive. We did everything possible to get the results in time," he added.
"The food safety officers collected 24 food samples from various hotels and dhabas which were sent for testing to the FDA laboratory in Mumbai. Out of these 24 samples, one was reported to be of sub-standard quality, in which excessive artificial colour was used. Action will be initiated against the guilty," said FDA (food) deputy joint commissioner M D Shah.
Solanke said that on New Year's Eve, many people party, and eateries receive a large number of orders. "To fulfill the customers' demands, hotels resort to using low quality ingredients or serving sub-standard food. Though people fall ill after consuming such food, they either don't register complaints or don't know where to do so. So, we had organised this drive, and would take action against the errant eateries," he added. "We had appealed to the people to come forward and register complaints if they come across sub-standard food in an eatery," he said.
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