DEHRADUN: With the festival of lights barely a week away, the food safety and standards department has started keeping tabs on the quality of edibles being sold in the state, to keep adulteration of food products, especially sweetmeats, in check.
The department has started working earlier than usual this year, keeping in mind that they had collected over 95 adulterated food samples from all over Uttarakhand last year.
All the sweet manufacturing and processing units in the state have been identified and listed to make supervision easier. Initially, the hygiene standards of the units and their workers are being inspected.
"This time we have started the drive quite early. We have been issuing hygiene guidelines to sweet manufacturers as they are gearing up for the festive season," said Anoj Thapliyal, food security officer, Dehradun.
In the later stages, quality of food products and manufacturing techniques involved will also be reviewed. Manufacturing substandard products unfit for consumption will be considered quality violations, while irregularities in labels and packaging will be counted among technical violations.
The department plans to intensify field visits and sample testing from next week, prosecuting violators as per Food Safety and Standards Act (2006).
The department has started working earlier than usual this year, keeping in mind that they had collected over 95 adulterated food samples from all over Uttarakhand last year.
All the sweet manufacturing and processing units in the state have been identified and listed to make supervision easier. Initially, the hygiene standards of the units and their workers are being inspected.
"This time we have started the drive quite early. We have been issuing hygiene guidelines to sweet manufacturers as they are gearing up for the festive season," said Anoj Thapliyal, food security officer, Dehradun.
In the later stages, quality of food products and manufacturing techniques involved will also be reviewed. Manufacturing substandard products unfit for consumption will be considered quality violations, while irregularities in labels and packaging will be counted among technical violations.
The department plans to intensify field visits and sample testing from next week, prosecuting violators as per Food Safety and Standards Act (2006).
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