Jaipur: Health department unearthed a mawa manufacturing unit which used liquid glucose, refined soyabean oil and suji (semolina) for producing mawa at Lalarpura village near Jaipur on Friday.
Ahead of Raksha Bandhan, the health department officials conducted the search of a house after getting the tip-off that a person is involved in producing substandard mawa. The officials recovered 200 kg of milk cake, which they destroyed immediately after the inspection. They have also collected three samples of milk cake and sent it to laboratory for quality test.
Health department officials said that the mawa should be produced from milk but here liquid glucose, refined soyabean oil and suji was being used. Officials found 500 liters of liquid glucose, 300 kg suji and four canisters of refined soyabean oil.
Food safety officer Virendra Singh said for producing substandard quality of food, there is a penalty of upto Rs5 lakh. Acting on the tip off, the health department's team inspected Shiv Raghav Food Product in Navdeep Vihar and alleged that they have found substandard mawa produced in it. The department has launched a five-day campaign against food adulteration in the state to ensure that people will get pure milk products at a time when the demand of sweets goes high ahead of festivals like Raksha Bandhan.
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