In a novel initiative, the District Food Safety department has decided to hold a workshop for the dairy owners, halwais and sweet shop merchants and inform them about measures they should undertake to ensure the quality of the stuff they are selling.
The Designated officer, Food Safety GC Kandwal told The Pioneer that the workshop would be held at Press club on October 10. He said that the participants would be informed about the regulations of the food safety act and the precaution they should take.
“We will inform them about the standard of the skimmed milk they should use to prepare sweets. Similarly the quality of mawa, edible oil, permissible colours and essence would also be taught to them. Our plan is to increase awareness among those who prepare the sweets,’’ he said.
Kandwal said that more than 120 participants are expected in the workshop. He said that a drive of the department against adulteration and maintaining quality is presently going on the district and from October 11 the drive would be further intensified. Kandwal claimed that no discrimination would be allowed during the drive.
Meanwhile, the teams of the health department are continuing their drive inside the city and neighbouring areas. The teams have taken samples of gulab jamun, Batisa and Mustard oil from Big Baazar. Similarly samples of kaju barfi were taken from a sweet shop on Rajpur road. In Selaqui mustard oil and batisa samples were taken.
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