Health teams collect samples of food items

Officials of the Health Department inspect milk products in Kapurthala on Monday. 

Jalandhar, June 3

Starting at 6.30 am with the team of Food Administration Kapurthala, headed by Dr Harjot Pal Singh, Assistant Commissioner, Food and Balwinderjit, Deputy Director from the Dairy Development Board, Kapurthala, along with Satnam Singh Food Safety Officer, carried out a drive against the persons selling spurious milk and milk products (MMP) today under Mission Tandrust Punjab.The team set up a naka at Dhilwan the team checked vehicles carrying food items, especially MMP. Samples were also seized from Sidhwan Dona area.

The food business operators, dealing in milk and milk products were warned to keep and sell only pure and unadulterated MMPs. The team collected eight samples, including three milk samples, one soda, one Haldi powder, one sample of jam, one of chocolate and one rusk sample.These samples have been despatched to the State Food Laboratory, Kharar and the report of the analysis will be made available to the department as soon as possible.

Members of the teams said legal action would be initiated in the court of law against the offenders as per the report of analysis of the State Food Lab, Kharar under the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 (Regulations 2011).