Erode: Food safety officials conducted a surprise raid at a jaggery shandy at Chithode here on Saturday and seized 2,300kg adulterated jaggery.
Designated district food safety officer T Kalaivani said the searched was conducted based on a tip that the shandy was using chemicals such as sodium hydrogen sulphate, calcium oxide, sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, super phosphate and alum to make the jaggery, besides mixing sugar to enrich its sweetness. According to her, jaggery manufacturers usually mix hydrogen sulphate to whiten the jaggery.
She said samples would be send to the government testing lab in Chennai to ascertain the presence of chemicals in the jaggery. “Strict action will be initiated based on the lab test report.”
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