New Delhi: With the start of the festive season, families across India are on a shopping spree for sweets. But savouring these tasty treats can prove fatal. As demand and the price of sweets and its ingredients go up, many sellers are resorting to making sweets from contaminated and adulterated ingredients at cheaper rates.
In the national capital itself, over 1800 traders have been inspected by the Department of Food and Supplies. A staggering 731 traders were prosecuted for selling commodities in violation of health and safety norms. Meanwhile, in Maharashtra, officials seized adulterated goods worth Rs 1 crore.
Government authorities have collected several samples and have sent them to this lab for a detailed analysis. "When we put filter paper on the sample..if the top layer leaves a mark on the paper, the sweet is adulterated," says a lab technician.
While this has not impacted the sales, retailers concede that many people are flocking to their competitors.
According to the Food Safety and Standards Act, the punishment for selling adulterated food is seven years imprisonment and a Rs 10 lakh fine. For selling sub-standard food you could face a maximum fine of Rs 10 lakh. And for death caused by adulterated food, the offender could face seven years jail term to life imprisonment.
In the national capital itself, over 1800 traders have been inspected by the Department of Food and Supplies. A staggering 731 traders were prosecuted for selling commodities in violation of health and safety norms. Meanwhile, in Maharashtra, officials seized adulterated goods worth Rs 1 crore.
Government authorities have collected several samples and have sent them to this lab for a detailed analysis. "When we put filter paper on the sample..if the top layer leaves a mark on the paper, the sweet is adulterated," says a lab technician.
While this has not impacted the sales, retailers concede that many people are flocking to their competitors.
According to the Food Safety and Standards Act, the punishment for selling adulterated food is seven years imprisonment and a Rs 10 lakh fine. For selling sub-standard food you could face a maximum fine of Rs 10 lakh. And for death caused by adulterated food, the offender could face seven years jail term to life imprisonment.
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