FDA raids sweet shop in Betim

Panaji: Officials from the directorate of food and drugs administration (FDA) stopped operations of Sunrise sweet manufacturing unit at Malim, Betim, on Thursday as most of the sweets were being prepared in unhygienic conditions. During the raid, FDA officials also found 15 bags of mava stored in unclean surroundings. The unit was later sealed by officials in the evening.

Officials told reporters that the raid was conducted as part of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival and added that FDA is targeting sweet manufacturing units as some of the mixtures used to prepare sweets are stored in unhygienic conditions. FDA officials also told reporters that the mava bags were misbranded. They also found packets of farsan without proper manufacturing and expiry dates which were being stored in unsanitary conditions.

The raiding team comprised of senior FDA officer, Richard Noronha, food safety officer Atul Dessai and others.