Meerut: With Raksha Bandhan drawing close, the Food Safety and Drugs Administration (FSDA) department has launched a week-long anti-adulteration drive in the city.
On Tuesday, the department personnel collected samples of sweets from several shops in the city's busy markets.
"We have got instructions from the FSDA commissioner Murli Manohar Lal to start the anti-adulteration drive to keep an eye on the sweets being sold during the festive season. As part of the drive, we collected samples of sweets from nine shops on Tuesday," said JP Singh, chief food safety officer.
Meanwhile, food supplement samples were also collected from a shop in Shastri Nagar area of the city.
All the samples were sent to food testing laboratory in Lucknow, as the department feared manipulation at the city-based labs.
"However, in cases where there is a strong suspicion of contamination in the food item, we dispatch its samples to the city-based laboratories to get quick result. The sample reports from the city-based lab can be procured within 48 hours and action can be taken soon after," Singh said.
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