Bareilly: Food safety and drug administration (FSDA) officials on Thursday claimed that several food samples, including chewing tobacco, turmeric and snack items, sold in the city were found sub-standard and unsafe for human health. They said samples of these items were collected over the past four months and were sent to the lab for testing. FSDA officer Mamta Kumari said that the lab reports confirmed that these samples were substandard and that they would submit their report to the city magistrate to initiate lodging of FIRs against shopkeepers selling substandard edible items.
Chief food safety officer Akshay Pradhan said various samples of pan masala, gutkha, cigarette, etc were collected from the various shops. Besides these, turmeric powder and snack samples (fryums) were also collected from shops located in Meerganj and Navabganj areas.
"Samples of tobacco products have been found substandard by the lab. The lab reports also indicate that several samples of turmeric powder and fryums were found unsafe for human health. We will submit our report to the city magistrate. A case will also be lodged against some shopkeepers at Navabganj and Meerganj in the court of additional chief judicial magistrate. In the matter of substandard tobacco products, we will file a case in the court of additional district magistrate,” Pradhan said.
FSDA officials said that samples various pan masala brands were collected from Kutubkhana, Chaupala and Kudeshia Fatak. The officials also said that such items had been seized and licence of the accused traders would be cancelled.
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