With sweet preparation for Deepavali in full swing, Food
Safety and Standards Authority of India officials have asked
manufacturers to follow prescribed standards in preparation, packaging
and distribution of food items.
A team led by T.
Anuradha, District Designated Officer, Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug
Administration Department, inspected houses, marriage halls, and
catering halls, where sweets were being prepared in bulk quantities.
They
asked the persons involved in preparing the sweets to use standard
ingredients, use quality oil and ghee, protected water, permitted
synthetic food colours and ensure that hygienic is maintained in
preparation area. They also stressed that workers should wear cap and
should not have skin diseases who were involved in the process.
Manufacturers were also asked not to use newspapers for packing the
sweets and also supply only quality products.
Officials
also asked consumers to buy sweets from licensed sellers and also not
stress on the colour of sweets. “Milk sweets should be consumed within
three days where as ghee sweets in 10 days,” they added.
Six
teams were inspecting the units from Monday and it would continue for
another one week. They said bulk preparation has just begun and they
would closely monitor the units.
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