MEERUT: In a crackdown against the sale of adulterated food, especially sweets and savouries, the district food safety and drug administration (FSDA) authorities has launched a drive to keep a check on sweet shops ahead of Holi on March 6. The drive will continue till March 5.
They have also warned people against consuming brightly coloured sweets for the colours tend to contain harmful chemicals that cause food poisoning, stomach aches, vomiting and other sorts of infection.
"The food department's team is conducting regular checks and randomly collecting samples from the shops and sending them for analysis. If any consumable tests sub-standard, the concerned shop owner will be dealt with as per rules," said J P Singh, chief food safety officer.
"We are focusing mainly on milk products, food supplements, cooking oils and flour. Sweets like gunjiyas and other namkeens are being closely observed," he also said.
As a precautionary measure against tampering of results, the samples are being preserved and couriered to a laboratory in Lucknow instead of the laboratory situated within the campus of Chaudhary Charan Singh University (CCSU). The test results are available within 20 days.
"However, if officers are extremely suspicious of a sample's quality, it is tested at the CCSU laboratory and the results are available on the same day," informed Singh.
Consumers can also anonymously lodge complaints with department if they find any food to be of unsatisfactory or dubious quality, officials said.
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