AURANGABAD: With Diwali just round the corner, the Food andDrugs Administration (FDA) has launched a special drive to check the quality of sweets at various shops in the city. The authorities have already collected around 30 samples as a precautionary step to preventadulteration.
Officials have also appealed to the citizens to make sure that they buy sweets and namkeens from only those shops where the FDA certificates on display.
Anand Pardhi, assistant joint divisional commissioner of FDA (food), Aurangabad, said, "The food safety officers are already on the job of collecting samples of sweets, which would be sent to the FDA laboratory in Pune and Aurangabad for analysis."
He said in a bid to keep tabs on the sale of adulterated food items, especially during the festival season, FDA officials conducted surprise checks at around 10 sweet shops in the city. "We inspected nearly 10 sweet shops and collected 12 samples of different sweets, five types of oil samples, 9 milk samples and other items such as sugar, sauce, asafoetida and varai," he said.
One of the things which the food safety officers look into sweets is the colour. There are permitted colours, which are used in items like biscuits, ice cream and some sweets, and although not injurious to health, they are prevented from being used beyond certain limit, said Pardhi pointing out that the use of non-permitted colours is considered as food adulteration.
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