Sweet shops raided, three samples sent to laboratory

Mussoorie, March 16

The Food Safety Department, Dehradun, carried out a drive against adulterated food items in Mussoorie yesterday. The department officials raided sweet shops in the Library Bazaar area and collected three samples from two shops. They sent the samples for testing to a laboratory at Rudarpur. 

Food Safety Officer Rachna Lal, who led the team of officials, told mediapersons that the sweet shops were raided to check the sale of adulterated food items during the festival season. She said the samples of sweets and gujias collected from two shops had been sent for testing to the Rudarpur laboratory.

Rachna directed the restaurant and sweet shop owners to maintain quality and hygiene in their products. She said more raids would be conducted in the near future to check the sale of adultrated food items.