To check cases of food adulteration, a six-member team of the Food Safety and Drugs Administration (FSDA) raided two stores selling branded products in the city on Friday.
MEERUT: To check cases of food adulteration, a six-member team of the Food Safety and Drugs Administration (FSDA) raided two stores selling branded products in the city on Friday. As many as five samples of food were collected, sealed and sent to a Lucknow-based laboratory for further inspection. The raids took place at an Easy Day store in Mangal Pandey and at a Mother Dairy distributor in Pragati Nagar.
Giving information, VK Verma, designated officer, FSDA, Meerut, said, "The samples of food items collected by us have been sent to a laboratory in Lucknow. We want to ensure that no substandard product is being sold in the city."
Detailing about the food items, JP Singh, chief food safety officer, said, "We collected three samples from Easy Day store -- a packet of namkeen, Amul Milk and Yakult, a fermented milk drink. A detachable sticker was pasted on the namkeen packet, which is not allowed under FSDA rules. Also, colour was mixed to the mixture, which was also not mentioned on the packet as per rules."
The sample of Amul Milk was also taken from Easy Day store to ensure that no substandard product was being sold as milk is always under the FSDA scanner.
"We also collected one sample of Yakult to ensure that the micro bacteria used in the drink, which claims to aid digestion, does not harm an individual's body," added Singh. The FSDA team also collected two samples from a Mother Dairy distributor in Pragati Nagar - one sample of Lassi and another of curd.
Meanwhile, the results of the test are likely to be out in a month's time following which necessary action will be taken.
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