Officials of the Department of Food Safety seized about Rs.1.25 lakhs worth of soft drinks which have passed their expiry date, adulterated tea and decayed fruits from various shops in Srirangam on Thursday.
The drive was taken up ahead of the Vaikunta Ekadasi by Food Safety Officers under the supervision of A.Ramakrishnan, Designated Officer, TN Food Safety and Drug Administration (Food Wing), Tiruchi.
About 18 Food Safety Officers have been deployed in the town in view of the festival and they would continue to carry out checks over the next few days to prevent adulteration and ensure food safety standards. A Food Safety stall has been set up inside the temple premises from where officials would be monitoring food safety standards and also receive complaints, if any, from the public, Dr.Ramakrishnan said.
The officers also inspected the mutts, ‘chathrams’ and halls where food is to be cooked for ‘annadhanams’ to be organized in view of the festival in the temple town. According to Dr.Ramakrishnan, 22 persons have registered with the department seeking permission for organizing ‘annadhanams.’
Water unit sealed
Later in the day, Food Safety officers sealed a drinking water packaging unit, running without licence, at Poigaipatti near Manapparai, Dr.Ramakrishnan said. Acting on a complaint, the officials inspected the Sakthi Aqua unit which was also allegedly filling empty water cans of reputed companies with water from a bore well processed by a reverse osmosis unit. The cans and bottles were seized and the entire unit including RO plant has been sealed, he said.
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