Health Department collects food samples from shops, factories

Amritsar, June 19

The food safety wing of the Health Department collected 15 food samples from various ice cream factories and dairy shops in view of the increased demand of the products during the summer season.

District Health Officer, Dr Shivkaran Singh Kahlon, said they had received complaints that poor quality ice creams were being sold in the city after which they had initiated a drive to check the ice cream factories.

He said samples were collected from the premises of Kartik Ice Cream factory, Dolphin Ice Cream factory and A One Kulfa shop. The milk samples were collected from Sardar Dairy, Sharma Dairy and Nijjer Dairy.

Earlier, the department had collected samples of ice cream from four shops in May this year. Kahlon said the test reports of the samples sent earlier would be received soon.

The department has warned ice cream manufacturers against indulging in any unfair means to meet the increased demand, said Kahlon, adding that strict action would be taken against the shopkeepers if any of the samples failed on quality parameters.