Chandigarh: Food Safety Officers on Friday destroyed about 130 kg sweets which were found exposed to dust and flies and were unfit for human consumption, during a raid at the area of Sector 18, Shanti Nagar, Pipliwala Town, Mariwala Town of Manimajra.
During the inspection, the food officials also issued two improvements the inspected shops for not maintaining the hygienic conditions. With this, the team also seized three samples of different sweets. The said seized samples have been sent to the Food Analysis Laboratory for analysis & examination.
The inspections were done as per the order of Commissioner Food Safety. On Friday a joint team of Food Safety Officers Bharat Kanojia, Surinder Pal Singh and Bhaljinder Singh was constituted in lieu of the coming festival season for conducting inspection and sampling of food articles in UT of Chandigarh.
The shopkeepers were also advised not to use any prohibited colours in the preparation of sweets and to use good quality of edible oil and ghee in their preparations. The Food vendors were also instructed to keep hygiene and quality standards as per Food Safety & Standards Act, 2006.
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